Trade Names

Connecticut State Law requires that anyone conducting business under an assumed name (DBA) must file a Trade Name Certificate in the Town Clerk's office in the town where business is being conducted.

All people who are authorized to sign on behalf of the business must sign their name on the Trade Name Certificate.

An Adoption of a Trade Name Certificate may be obtained by clicking the appropriate link below or from the Town Clerk's office. Once it is completed with the business name and street address (not P.O. Box address) and the owner's name and address (not P.O. Box address), it must be notarized by a Notary or Town Clerk. It is then filed in the Town Clerk's office with a $10.00 filing fee for registering your trade name. For a certified copy, please include an additional $2.00 certification fee and $1.00 per page copy fee.

Trade name requirement does not apply to: Partnerships, Limited partnerships, or Limited liability companies. The fee is $10.00 (July 1, 2018), and all proprietors of the business must sign the trade name certificate before a notary public. We have also provided a form to cancel a Trade Name. There is no fee to cancel a Trade Name.