Trade Name Certificates

Trade Name Certificates

Under Connecticut General Statute 35-1, "No person…shall conduct or transact business in this state, under any assumed name, or under any designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of the person or person conducting or transacting such business, unless there has been filed, in the office of the town clerk in the town in which such business is or is to be conducted, a certificate, stating the name under which such business is being transacted and the full name and post-office address of each person conducting or transacting such business."

The cost for such a trade name certificate is $10.00. A copy of the form may be accessed here (pdf format, may be filled out before printing).  Please, do not pre-sign the trade name certificate.  The certificate must be signed in the presence of the Town Clerk staff OR by using a notary public.

Prior to filing persons must speak with the planning and zoning office and health office to assure ability to conduct such business in said location.

Persons establishing such a business must contact Department of Revenue Services for Tax ID and information at 860.297.5862 or toll free 1.800.382.9463 

Address:

Department of Revenue Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, Ct. 06106

All firms forming a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or limited liability company must file with the Connecticut Secretary of the State:

Connecticut Secretary of State
Commercial Recording
30 Trinity Street
Hartford, Ct. 06106

860.509.6079

Information from the State of Connecticut regarding Small Businesses can be found through the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Find more information through the Connecticut Small Business Development Center.