{"id":5265,"date":"2024-07-15T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/smallbusiness\/starting-a-business\/how-to-get-a-dba-in-pennsylvania.html"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:08:00","slug":"how-to-get-a-dba-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/smallbusiness\/starting-a-business\/how-to-get-a-dba-in-pennsylvania.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a DBA in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How to File a Fictitious Name (DBA) in Pennsylvania in Five Steps<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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    How to File a Fictitious Name (DBA) in Pennsylvania in Five Steps<\/h1>\n\n
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    To register a <\/span>DBA<\/span> (<\/span>Doing Business As<\/span>), called a \u201c<\/span>fictitious name<\/span>\u201d\u00a0 in <\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span>, you must choose an available name, file a <\/span>Registration of Fictitious Name form<\/span> with the <\/span>Pennsylvania Department of State<\/span>, pay a <\/span>filing fee<\/span>, and for some <\/span>business entities<\/span>, such as a <\/span>sole proprietorship<\/span> or <\/span>general partnership<\/span>, publish notice of the <\/span>fictitious name<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Register your DBA with confidence<\/a>\u202fthrough our trusted partner LegalZoom.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n

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