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Check name availability against the Nevada Secretary of State database

66,791
Business applications, last 12 months
Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months
19,276
Filed Q2 2026
Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026
+5.1%
Year-over-year growth
FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12
265
Filings per business day
Derived from TTM applications, FRED
Nevada seal
Websitewww.nvsos.gov
Phone(775) 684-5708
Address202 N Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701
Hours8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri

Nevada business formation by the numbers

State-level data from official sources on business formation activity in Nevada.

#29
Nevada ranks 29th in U.S. business formations
Ranking is based on total business applications filed in the trailing twelve months across all 50 states and D.C.
Census BFS via FRED, TTM rank
+57.5%
Formation activity since 2019
Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.
FRED / BABATOTALNSANV
+22.5%
Quarter-over-quarter change
Current quarter applications compared to the prior quarter. A useful read on whether momentum is building or fading.
FRED, latest 3 months vs prior 3
$425
LLC filing fee and processing time
Standard processing: 2-3 weeks.
Nevada Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026
6,329
Federal trademark applications from Nevada businesses
Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Nevada address, the 17th highest total of any state. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Nevada Secretary of State.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage
+3%
Trademark filing change since 2015
Nevada filings went from 6,152 in 2015 to 6,329 in 2023, up 3%.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Nevada

Applicants with a Nevada address filed 6,329 federal trademark applications in 2023. Adjusted for population that works out to 197 filings per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate in the country, which puts Nevada well above its 17th place by raw volume.

Nationally the picture moved south over the same period: Florida (up 39%), Texas (up 36%), North Carolina (up 28%) and Georgia (up 20%) gained while California (down 4%), New York (down 10%) and Illinois (down 7%) declined.

The most common category for Nevada filings since 2019 is Class 041, covering education, training and entertainment services.

A trademark and a Nevada registration are different things

Registering an entity with the Nevada Secretary of State establishes that name for that entity within Nevada. A federal trademark is granted by the USPTO, applies nationally, and covers only the goods or services it is registered under.

The two records are separate, which is why a name can clear a Nevada entity search and still overlap an existing federal mark, and why a federal mark can exist for a name no Nevada entity has registered.

One note on these figures. The USPTO records an applicant’s mailing address rather than where a business operates, and Nevada is a common choice for out-of-state incorporation, so some share of these filings belongs to companies based elsewhere. The geographic spread here tracks closely with where Nevadans live, so the effect looks smaller than in Wyoming. Read these counts as filings tied to a Nevada address rather than as local business activity.

Trademark figures on this page come from the USPTO Trademark Case Files dataset, which covers applications through March 2024. Counts are applications filed by applicants with a Nevada mailing address, and reflect filings rather than registrations granted.