Notes on naming a self-employed business owner
1. The name of a self-employed business owner can be used as a self-employed business name
The name of a self-employed business owner consists of administrative division, business name, industry, and organizational form composed in sequence.
Among them, the administrative division refers to the name of the county (city) and municipal district where the individual industrial and commercial household is located, which can be followed by the name of the town, street or administrative village, community or market where the individual industrial and commercial household's business place is located.
The operator's name can be used as the font size in the name of the individual industrial and commercial household. Administrative divisions above the county level shall not be used as font names, except where the place names of administrative divisions have other meanings.
2. Self-employed businesses can have no name whatsoever
According to this management method, individual business households may or may not use a name. However, if an individual industrial and commercial household decides to use a name, it is only allowed to use one name, and must apply to the registration authority and can only use it after approval and registration.
The registration authorities for the names of individual industrial and commercial households refer to the industrial and commercial administration bureaus at the county (city) level across the country, as well as the industrial and commercial administration branches in large and medium-sized cities. However, they can also entrust the industrial and commercial administration to register the names of individual industrial and commercial households in the name of the registration authority.
The name plaque of individual industrial and commercial households can be appropriately simplified, but it must not cause deception or misunderstanding to the public.
3. Whoever applies first for the same name will be counted
If two or more applicants apply to the same registration authority to register the same name of an individual industrial and commercial household, the registration authority shall apply in accordance with the Approval will be based on the first-come-first-served basis. In other words, whoever applies first wins.
Therefore, within the jurisdiction of the same registration authority, if an individual industrial and commercial household applies for a name that is the same as that of a registered or pre-approved enterprise or individual industrial and commercial household, the registration will not be approved.
If a self-employed person uses the name of a market entity that has been registered by others without authorization or commits other acts that infringe on the market entity’s name rights, he or she will be ordered to make corrections by the industrial and commercial administration, and in serious cases, a fine of not more than 1,000 yuan will be imposed.
4. Words such as "China" cannot be used in the names of self-employed businesses
According to the management regulations, the names of self-employed businesses must not contain the following nine categories of content and words:
Harmful to the interests of the country and the public;
Violating social order and good customs, disrespecting ethnic and religious customs;
May causing deception or misunderstanding to the public;
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Name of foreign country (region), name of international organization;
Name of political party, name of party, government and military organs, name of mass organization, name of social organization and its abbreviation, military unit number;
The words "China", "China", "National", "National", "International";
Chinese pinyin, letters, foreign characters, punctuation marks;
Language and text that do not comply with national standards;
Other content and text prohibited by laws and regulations.
5. The industry should reflect its main business activities or business characteristics.
The organizational form can use the words "factory", "store", "hall", "department", "bank", "center", etc., but the words "enterprise", "company" and "farmers' professional cooperative" are not allowed.
Frequently asked questions about naming self-employed businesses
1. Can self-employed businesses be named XX Studio in XX District, XX City? Or does it have to be some kind of store?
Yes, but XX of XX Studio must be its main business.
2. If we cannot name it XX Studio, can we write XX Studio on the signboard of the store?
If we can name the studio, if we name it XX store, we can put it on the signboard. You don’t need to write the word “shop”.
3. If a company has already registered a name for food, is it okay for us to register this name for daily chemical products?
No, especially the name of the company. , no matter whether you are engaged in the same industry or not, you cannot use it. If it is the name of an individual, it can be used as long as you do not belong to the same jurisdictional industrial and commercial office.
4. Do daily chemical products require special approval? For example, a health license.
If you only sell daily necessities such as daily necessities and cosmetics, no pre-approval is required.
Business licenses involving industrial raw materials, hazardous chemicals, etc. need to be approved by the public security fire sanitation department. If it is production and processing, pre-approval is required.
In addition, it may not be long before applying for a business license becomes a post-processing issue, and applying for a business license becomes the first step.