You are required to register a sole proprietor with the state or your county if you intend to conduct business under your legal name and using a fictitious name to advertise your business.
Getting a DBA in Suffolk County:
Certificate of Conducting Business Under An Assumed Name for an Individual (also known as a DBA certificate.
- To ensure the name you intend to file is not already registered. You can use our free name search online form for the preliminary search to check the name availability.
- Business Name
- A complete business address
- Have the completed Business Certificate form notarized and send it along with the appropriate fee
- Once the Business Certificate form has been notarized, submit the original along with the appropriate fee
- You cannot use words' company, group, or a plural word to incorporate a dba in Suffolk county.
Who Must File?
Every individual, partnership and other associations and corporations who regularly transact business for profit in this state under a fictitious business name.
DBA name reservation
Suffolk county does not allow you to reserve a name of the sole proprietorship.
DBA Renewal
Sole proprietorship registration in Suffolk county is not renewable, you can keep it as long as you want.
DBA Publication requirement
Newspaper publication to create a sole proprietorship is not applicable.
