You can’t amend a Texas DBA. When the name, the details, or the term changes, you file a new certificate. Here is how to add, change, renew, and cancel a DBA.

A DBA adds a name to your Texas business, and a legal name change replaces the one you have. Here is how to tell which filing you need, when you need both, and what a DBA does and does not protect.

Changing a Texas business name takes one filing, but approval and name availability can stop it first. Here is who has to approve the change, why Texas rejects names, and what to update afterward.