To establish a company, you must first choose a unique company name for the company. This name cannot be the same as or confused with other registered company names. Every company must register a legal company name with the state government. The laws of most states in the United States stipulate that if a company is registered, the company name must be followed by the words or abbreviations such as Inc., Corporation Incorporated, Corp., etc. If it is a limited liability company (LLC), the words "LimitedLiabilityCompany" or "LLC" must be added after the company's name. However, individual-owned enterprises and partnership enterprises cannot be named with words such as limited company, so that other businesses may mistakenly think that it is a limited company or a joint-stock company. /zd/ym