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Check name availability against the Utah Secretary of State database

78,813
Business applications, last 12 months
Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months
23,474
Filed Q2 2026
Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026
+16.8%
Year-over-year growth
FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12
313
Filings per business day
Derived from TTM applications, FRED
Utah seal
Websitecommerce.utah.gov
Phone(801) 530-4849
Address160 E 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Hours8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri

Utah business formation by the numbers

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

#23
Utah ranks 23rd 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
+58.7%
Formation activity since 2019
Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.
FRED / BABATOTALNSAUT
+17.0%
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
$59
LLC filing fee and processing time
Standard processing: 5-7 business days.
Utah Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026
5,232
Federal trademark applications from Utah businesses
Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Utah address, the 21st highest total of any state. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Utah Secretary of State.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage
+39%
Trademark filing change since 2015
Utah filings went from 3,767 in 2015 to 5,232 in 2023, up 39%.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Utah

Applicants with a Utah address filed 5,232 federal trademark applications in 2023. Adjusted for population that works out to 152 filings per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate in the country, which puts Utah well above its 21st 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 Utah filings since 2019 is Class 035, covering advertising, business management and office services.

A trademark and a Utah registration are different things

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