FIX BUSINESS NAME MISMATCHES
INFORMATION IN RECORDS

Because you have to find and fix business name mismatches information in your company records does not automatically mean you need to start the business-registration process over. The correct solution depends on which record contains the wrong information, whether the legal business name has actually changed and/or whether the mismatch is simply a data-entry error.

This is an important topic because business-name mismatches often happen when an owner starts a registration before identifying and checking the information in every record that will be needed and to make sure that each document has the same exact legal name information that identify the company.

The most important rule:

Do not change a business's legal name just to make two records match until you determine which record contains the correct legal information.

For federal government contracting, the legal business name is particularly important because federal government validates entity information such as the legal business name and physical address are validated during the SAM entity-registration process and well as other information.