In Georgia, renaming an LLC costs $100, and the Articles of Amendment must be submitted along with the money. You can get the Articles of Amendment form from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website, and you must mail the completed form or submit it online through that same website.
The procedure is more difficult if an LLC wants to alter its type, for instance, from a single-member LLC to a multi-member LLC. The LLC must pay $100 to file Articles of Conversion with the Georgia Secretary of State in this situation. Additionally, in order to reflect the new form of LLC, the LLC must submit new Articles of Organization.
However, if an LLC wishes to use a name other than its legal name, it may submit an Application for Registration of an Assumed Name to the Georgia Secretary of State. Georgia does not require the registration of a DBA (Doing Business As). This application can be submitted online or by mail for a fee of $25. By paying an additional $25 filing fee for each assumed name, an LLC may submit more than one name.
An Application for Registration of Trademark or Service Mark must be submitted to the Georgia Secretary of State by an LLC if it wants to register a trade name in Georgia. The application can be submitted online or by mail for a fee of $225. Along with a description of the products or services connected to the mark, the application must contain a drawing of the trademark or service mark.
In Georgia, it costs $100 to change an LLC’s name and an additional $100 to change the type of LLC. A DBA registration costs $25, whereas a trade name registration costs $225. Each of these has a unique filing procedure that must be followed in order to avoid unwarranted delays or fees.