{"id":5271,"date":"2024-10-01T13:33:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/smallbusiness\/starting-a-business\/how-to-get-a-dba-in-washington-d-c-in-four-steps.html"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:53:00","slug":"how-to-get-a-dba-in-washington-d-c-in-four-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/smallbusiness\/starting-a-business\/how-to-get-a-dba-in-washington-d-c-in-four-steps.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Get a DBA in Washington, D.C. in Four Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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    How To Get a DBA in Washington, D.C. in Four Steps<\/h1>\n\n
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    To register a DBA (<\/span>doing business as<\/span>) or \u201c<\/span>trade name<\/span>\u201d in <\/span>Washington, DC<\/span>, you must choose a name, file a <\/span>Trade Name Registration<\/span> Application with the <\/span>District of Columbia<\/span> Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection<\/span> (<\/span>DLCP<\/span>), and pay a <\/span>filing fee<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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