How to Change Your LLC Name in Texas (2026)

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Last updated: September 2, 2026

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To change your Texas LLC's name, you submit a Certificate of Amendment (Form 424) to the Texas Secretary of State along with a $150 filing fee.

You can file it online through SOSDirect when the amendment only changes the name. Otherwise you mail, fax or hand-deliver the form instead.

The filing updates your LLC's legal name on the state's records. It doesn't touch your EIN, so your bank, contracts, licenses and registered agent listing still need separate updates once the amendment is approved.

Quick Summary

Texas LLC Name Change Quick Reference

Here's the full picture for a Texas LLC name change, from the form you need to the fee and every way you can submit it.

How to change your Texas LLC name

This page covers Texas. If you're in a different state, VentureSmarter's guide to changing an LLC name covers all 50 states.

Step 1: Confirm the new name is available

Check your new name against Texas's records before you file anything. SOSDirect's business name search is the official way to do it, and it costs $1 per search.

Your name also needs an organizational designator, like "LLC" or "Limited Liability Company," to meet Texas's naming rules, the same ones that applied when you first started an LLC in Texas.

If you're not ready to file the amendment yet, you can lock in the name with Form 501 for $40. That reservation holds the name for 120 days while you finish the paperwork.

Step 2: Get member approval

Get approval from your members before you file the amendment, following whatever process your operating agreement lays out. If you're a single-member LLC, you're the only vote that matters. Document the decision anyway.

Step 3: File the Certificate of Amendment

File the amendment and pay the filing fee to make the name change official. SOSDirect accepts this filing online, but only when the amendment is a name change and nothing else [1].

For any other kind of amendment, you'll need to mail or fax the form, or bring it in person to the office in Austin.

Texas is also moving business filings to a new system, SOSPortal, which will replace SOSDirect and SOSUpload later this fall [2].

If your current provider isn't a good fit anymore, this is also a natural point to compare registered agent services in Texas before you update your records.

After your name change is approved: what to update

The state filing is just the first update. Here's what to work through once your amendment is approved:

1. Texas Comptroller: Update your business name on your franchise tax account, since the Comptroller (not the Secretary of State) handles your Public Information Report going forward.
2. Licenses and permits: Contact any city, county or state agency that issued you a license or permit and ask what they need to reflect the new name.
3. IRS: Send a signed letter with your old and new name, EIN and address, or check the name-change box on your next federal return. You keep the same EIN.
4. Bank accounts: Bring your file-stamped amendment when you update your bank records.
5. Contracts and vendors: Notify anyone you've signed agreements with so invoices and paperwork match your new legal name.
6. Operating agreement: Amend it internally to match the new name, even though you don't file it with the state.
7. Registered agent: If your agent's records still show the old name, change your registered agent in Texas or update your existing one.
8. Clients and partners: Let anyone who does business with you know, especially if your name appears on invoices or signed proposals.

Alternatives to a formal name change

A full amendment is the right move for a legal name change, but Texas gives you two lighter options when that's not what you're actually trying to fix.

1. DBA / trade name

If you want to operate under a different name without changing your LLC's legal name, file an Assumed Name Certificate (Form 503) for $25. Texas has an LLC file this directly with the Secretary of State instead of a county clerk.

It's a good fit for testing a new brand or running a side line under the same entity. Your legal name on file with the state stays the same either way.

2. Certificate of Correction

The Certificate of Correction (Form 403) fixes a mistake in a filing you already made. It doesn't cover a deliberate name change.

It costs $15 and only covers things like a misspelled name or an inaccurate registered agent entry from an earlier filing. If you're changing your name because you want a different one, you still need Form 424.

FAQs

References:

1. https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms_boc.shtml
2. https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/index.shtml