Filing a DBA in New York City
The name change is now on the books — What was Lantenengo Industries is now officially Ink Plant. The process of filing a DBA was actually relatively simple after I figured out what had to be done. To spare you the same difficulty I had in tracking all that info down, I’ll list it here…
How to register a sole proprietorship in Manhattan (New York County):
- Choose your business name. It has to be composed of real words or your name (You can’t just make up some cool sounding word.)
- Hop on the subway and head down to 60 Centre Street.
- Buy a DBA form from the coffee shop right inside the front door ($2). Don’t fill it out yet.
- Go to the County Clerk’s office in Room 109B in the basement.
- Go up to the counter and check with the clerk to see if the name you want is acceptable. If it is, fill out the form, pay them $120 (cash, money order, or credit card) and they’ll give you two notarized copies of the certificate.
- That’s it. You’re official now. Congratulations.
Tags: business registration, County Clerk, DBA, Doing Business As, Manhattan, New York County, NYC