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Check name availability against the Vermont Secretary of State database

7,877
Business applications, last 12 months
Census BFS via FRED, trailing 12 months
2,420
Filed Q2 2026
Census BFS via FRED, Q2 2026
+6.0%
Year-over-year growth
FRED, trailing 12 months vs prior 12
31
Filings per business day
Derived from TTM applications, FRED
Vermont seal
Websitesos.vermont.gov
Phone(802) 828-2386
Address128 State St, Montpelier, VT 05633
Hours7:45 AM – 4:30 PM, Mon-Fri

Vermont business formation by the numbers

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

#51
Vermont ranks 51st 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
+41.4%
Formation activity since 2019
Comparison of trailing-twelve-month business applications to the 2019 calendar year total. Captures the post-pandemic formation surge.
FRED / BABATOTALNSAVT
+33.1%
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
$155
LLC filing fee and processing time
Standard processing: 7-10 business days for mail filings, less than 1 business day for online filings.
Vermont Secretary of State, verified Mar 2026
483
Federal trademark applications from Vermont businesses
Filed with the USPTO in 2023 by applicants with a Vermont address. Trademarks are federal, so this is separate from registering a business name with the Vermont Secretary of State.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage
-28%
Trademark filing change since 2015
Vermont filings went from 671 in 2015 to 483 in 2023, down 28%.
USPTO Trademark Case Files, 2023 vintage

What the filing data shows about Vermont

Applicants with a Vermont address filed 483 federal trademark applications in 2023. That is down from 671 in 2015, a fall of 28%, and one of the larger declines of any state over those eight years.

It is not alone. California (down 4%), New York (down 10%) and Illinois (down 7%) also declined over the same eight years, while Florida (up 39%), Texas (up 36%), North Carolina (up 28%) and Georgia (up 20%) each gained. The filing base has been shifting south.

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

A trademark and a Vermont registration are different things

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