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Register your trademark with your state

A state trademark protects your mark inside one state, filed with the Secretary of State. It is cheaper and faster than a federal registration, and it is not a substitute for one.

Start your filing

Filed with your state within one business day

$50

plus your state's fee

Pick your state below and the exact government fee itemises here.

1. Which state?

2. The details

3. Review and pay

Pick a state above to see your total.

What happens once you pay

  • Filed with your state within one business day
  • A specialist reads your order first. If anything looks wrong, we email you before filing, not after.
  • Rejected by the agency? We fix it and file again at no charge.
  • If we cannot get it filed at all, you get everything back, including the government fee.
  • Track it in your account with your email address. There is no password to invent.

State processing after that is the agency's queue, which runs from same day to a few weeks depending on where you are filing. We do not control it, so we do not promise a date for it.

Payment is handled by Stripe. Nothing is filed until payment clears, and government fees are refunded in full if we cannot file.

What you get

  • Filed with your Secretary of State within one business day
  • Protects the mark inside that state only
  • Not a USPTO federal registration, and no substitute for one
  • State fee itemised separately and passed through at cost

Filed in a day. One flat price. Nothing you didn't ask for.

  • Filed within one business day

    One tier, one speed, every order. There is no rush fee here because there is no slow lane to buy your way out of.

  • A specialist reads every filing

    Prepared and checked by someone who files these all day. If your name or address will not clear the state, you hear from us before it goes in.

  • Registered agent at $99, only if you want one

    The lowest published rate of the five services we compare, sitting beside a free option to name yourself. Most people never need to buy it.

  • One price, and nothing starts on its own

    $100 to form, $50 flat for every filing after. The only thing that can renew is a registered agent you chose, at the price you chose it for. No tiers, no trial that turns into a charge.

How it works

  1. Tell us about your business

    Your exact total is on this page before you type anything, and nothing is charged until the last step.

  2. We prepare and file it

    A specialist reads every order and files it within one business day. If something looks wrong, we email you before filing, not after.

  3. You get your documents

    Confirmation, your stamped documents, and what to do next, in your inbox and your account as the filing moves.

Common questions

If you trade in one state, a state mark may be enough. If you sell across state lines or online nationally, you want federal registration, which we do not file. We would rather tell you that than take $50 for the wrong tool.

It gives you a registered claim to the mark within that state, which helps in a dispute there. It does nothing outside the state and does not stop a federal registrant.

Registering a company name or a DBA is not a trademark. They are different systems with different rights, which is why plenty of businesses hold both.

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FastBusinessFiling is a filing service, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not give legal or tax advice, including advice on which entity type, election, or state fits your situation. For that, talk to a licensed professional.