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Arkansas business name search

Check name availability against the Arkansas Secretary of State database

41,977

Business applications, last 12 months

Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months

11,855

Filed Q2 2026

Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026

+14.5%

Year-over-year growth

FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12

167

Filings per business day

Derived from TTM applications, FRED

Websitewww.sos.arkansas.gov

Phone(501) 682-3409

Address1401 W Capitol Ave, Suite 250, Little Rock, AR 72201

Hours8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Mon-Fri

Arkansas business formation by the numbers

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

#36

Arkansas ranks 36th 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

+64.6%

Formation activity since 2019

Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.

FRED / BABATOTALNSAAR

+13.0%

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

$45

LLC filing fee and processing time

Standard processing: 3-5 business days.

Arkansas Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026

1,412

Federal trademark applications from Arkansas businesses

Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Arkansas address. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Arkansas Secretary of State.

USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

+16%

Trademark filing change since 2015

Arkansas filings went from 1,213 in 2015 to 1,412 in 2023, up 16%.

USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Arkansas

Applicants with an Arkansas address filed 1,412 federal trademark applications in 2023, which is about 46 per 100,000 residents. That is among the lower rates in the country, and filings here grew +16% 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 Arkansas filings since 2019 is Class 035, covering advertising, business management and office services.

A trademark and an Arkansas registration are different things

Registering an entity with the Arkansas Secretary of State establishes that name for that entity within Arkansas. 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 Arkansas entity search and still overlap an existing federal mark, and why a federal mark can exist for a name no Arkansas 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 Arkansas mailing address, and reflect filings rather than registrations granted.