Texas DBA (Doing Business As) Guide (2026)
In Texas a “DBA” is an Assumed Name Certificate. Sole proprietors and unincorporated businesses file it with the County Clerk for about $15–$25, and it is valid up to 10 years. The critical change: since September 2019, LLCs and corporations file assumed names only with the Texas Secretary of State — the county no longer accepts them.
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The one thing to knowSince September 2019, LLCs, corporations, and other registered entities file assumed names ONLY with the Texas Secretary of State — county filing is no longer required or accepted for them. Sole proprietors and unincorporated businesses still file with the County Clerk.
The process
- Confirm you file with the county
Sole proprietors and unincorporated businesses (including general partnerships) file with the County Clerk. Registered entities (LLCs, corporations) file with the Texas Secretary of State instead.
- Complete the Assumed Name Certificate
Fill out the county’s Assumed Name Certificate with the business name, address, and owner information. Many counties post the form online; some require notarization.
- File with the County Clerk (valid up to 10 years)
File in the county of the principal place of business. The fee is roughly $15–$25 and the certificate is valid up to 10 years.
DBA filing by county — all 254 Texas counties
| County | Fee |
|---|---|
| Anderson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Andrews County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Angelina County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Aransas County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Archer County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Armstrong County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Atascosa County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Austin County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bailey County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bandera County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bastrop County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Baylor County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bee County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bexar County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Blanco County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Borden County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bosque County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Bowie County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Brazoria County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Brazos County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Brewster County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Briscoe County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Brooks County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Brown County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Burleson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Burnet County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Caldwell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Calhoun County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Callahan County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Cameron County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Camp County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Carson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Cass County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Castro County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Chambers County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Cherokee County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Childress County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Clay County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Cochran County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Coke County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Coleman County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Collin County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Collingsworth County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Colorado County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Comal County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Comanche County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Concho County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Cooke County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Coryell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Cottle County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Crane County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Crockett County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Crosby County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Culberson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Dallam County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Dallas County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Dawson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Deaf Smith County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Delta County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Denton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| DeWitt County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Dickens County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Dimmit County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Donley County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Duval County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Eastland County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Ector County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Edwards County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| El Paso County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Ellis County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Erath County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Falls County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Fannin County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Fayette County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Fisher County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Floyd County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Foard County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Fort Bend County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Franklin County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Freestone County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Frio County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Gaines County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Galveston County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Garza County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Gillespie County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Glasscock County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Goliad County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Gonzales County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Gray County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Grayson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Gregg County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Grimes County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Guadalupe County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hale County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hall County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hamilton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hansford County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hardeman County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hardin County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Harris County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Harrison County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hartley County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Haskell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hays County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hemphill County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Henderson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hidalgo County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hill County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hockley County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hood County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hopkins County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Houston County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Howard County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hudspeth County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hunt County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Hutchinson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Irion County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jack County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jackson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jasper County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jeff Davis County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jefferson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jim Hogg County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jim Wells County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Johnson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Jones County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Karnes County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kaufman County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kendall County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kenedy County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kent County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kerr County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kimble County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| King County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kinney County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Kleberg County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Knox County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| La Salle County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lamar County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lamb County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lampasas County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lavaca County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lee County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Leon County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Liberty County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Limestone County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lipscomb County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Live Oak County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Llano County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Loving County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lubbock County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Lynn County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Madison County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Marion County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Martin County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Mason County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Matagorda County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Maverick County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| McCulloch County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| McLennan County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| McMullen County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Medina County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Menard County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Midland County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Milam County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Mills County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Mitchell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Montague County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Montgomery County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Moore County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Morris County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Motley County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Nacogdoches County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Navarro County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Newton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Nolan County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Nueces County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Ochiltree County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Oldham County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Orange County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Palo Pinto County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Panola County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Parker County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Parmer County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Pecos County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Polk County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Potter County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Presidio County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Rains County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Randall County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Reagan County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Real County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Red River County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Reeves County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Refugio County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Roberts County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Robertson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Rockwall County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Runnels County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Rusk County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Sabine County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| San Augustine County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| San Jacinto County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| San Patricio County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| San Saba County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Schleicher County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Scurry County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Shackelford County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Shelby County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Sherman County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Smith County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Somervell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Starr County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Stephens County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Sterling County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Stonewall County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Sutton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Swisher County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Tarrant County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Taylor County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Terrell County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Terry County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Throckmorton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Titus County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Tom Green County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Travis County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Trinity County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Tyler County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Upshur County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Upton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Uvalde County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Val Verde County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Van Zandt County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Victoria County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Walker County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Waller County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Ward County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Washington County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Webb County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wharton County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wheeler County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wichita County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wilbarger County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Willacy County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Williamson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wilson County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Winkler County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wise County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Wood County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Yoakum County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Young County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Zapata County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
| Zavala County | $15–$25 (call to confirm) |
Texas-specific details
LLCs and corporations file with the state (since 2019)
A 2019 change moved registered-entity assumed names to the Texas Secretary of State. If your business is an LLC or corporation, do not file the DBA with the county — file it with the Secretary of State at sos.state.tx.us.
What to bring
- A completed Assumed Name Certificate (from your county clerk)
- Photo ID
- The business name, address, and owner information
- Payment for the county filing fee (about $15–$25)
Frequently asked questions
How much does a DBA cost in Texas?
For a sole proprietor or unincorporated business filing with the County Clerk, roughly $15 to $25 depending on the county. It is valid up to 10 years.
Where do I file a DBA in Texas?
Sole proprietors and unincorporated businesses file an Assumed Name Certificate with the County Clerk. LLCs and corporations file with the Texas Secretary of State.
Do LLCs file a DBA with the county in Texas?
No. Since September 2019, LLCs and corporations file assumed names only with the Texas Secretary of State — counties no longer accept them.
How long is a Texas assumed name certificate good for?
Up to 10 years from the date of filing.