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Oklahoma business name search

Check name availability against the Oklahoma Secretary of State database

65,447
Business applications, last 12 months
Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months
22,748
Filed Q2 2026
Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026
+19.6%
Year-over-year growth
FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12
260
Filings per business day
Derived from TTM applications, FRED
Oklahoma seal
Websiteoklahoma.gov
Phone(405) 522-2520
Address421 NW 13th St, Suite 210, Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Hours8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri

Oklahoma business formation by the numbers

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

#30
Oklahoma ranks 30th 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
+59.5%
Formation activity since 2019
Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.
FRED / BABATOTALNSAOK
+50.6%
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
$104
LLC filing fee and processing time
Standard processing: about 15 minutes.
Oklahoma Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026
1,752
Federal trademark applications from Oklahoma businesses
Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Oklahoma address. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage
+13%
Trademark filing change since 2015
Oklahoma filings went from 1,554 in 2015 to 1,752 in 2023, up 13%.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Oklahoma

Applicants with an Oklahoma address filed 1,752 federal trademark applications in 2023, which is about 43 per 100,000 residents. That is among the lower rates in the country, and filings here grew +13% since 2015.

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 Oklahoma filings since 2019 is Class 035, covering advertising, business management and office services.

A trademark and an Oklahoma registration are different things

Registering an entity with the Oklahoma Secretary of State establishes that name for that entity within Oklahoma. 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 an Oklahoma entity search and still overlap an existing federal mark, and why a federal mark can exist for a name no Oklahoma entity has registered.

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 an Oklahoma mailing address, and reflect filings rather than registrations granted.