Wyoming business name search
Check name availability against the Wyoming Secretary of State database
Wyoming business formation by the numbers
State-level data from official sources on business formation activity in Wyoming.
What the filing data shows about Wyoming
Applicants with a Wyoming address filed 3,905 federal trademark applications in 2023, up from 613 in 2015. That is a rise of 537%, one of the steepest increases in the country over those eight years.
The national pattern runs the same way. Florida (up 39%), Texas (up 36%), North Carolina (up 28%) and Georgia (up 20%) posted comparable gains, while California (down 4%), New York (down 10%) and Illinois (down 7%) all lost volume over the same period.
The most common category for Wyoming filings since 2019 is Class 035, covering advertising, business management and office services.
A trademark and a Wyoming registration are different things
Registering an entity with the Wyoming Secretary of State establishes that name for that entity within Wyoming. 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 Wyoming entity search and still overlap an existing federal mark, and why a federal mark can exist for a name no Wyoming entity has registered.
One note on these figures. The USPTO records an applicant’s mailing address rather than where a business operates, and Sheridan, a town of roughly 18,000 people, accounts for about 59% of all Wyoming filings. It is a hub for registered agent services. Read these counts as filings tied to a Wyoming 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 Wyoming mailing address, and reflect filings rather than registrations granted.