DBA or "doing business as" companies?

[jordan]

I got a deal from another company that says it is a corporation with a "d/b/a" and in another instance a "doing business as". Is this another type of corporation or company? Why would you include something like this?

 

[kitsuneangel]

a "doing business as" or a "d/b/a" is basically an alias. This allows a company or a person to operate under an assumed name. I am the CEO of an assumed name company. Althought we are small we do use something other than the legal name of our owners.

Most often you will see this when a company is a subsidary or was recently aqcuired by another company. Is a long time established local bank which handled all its own loans was recently acquired by a larger bank which now has a "d/b/a" so that it can handle the business of the old bank while running operations under thier new name.

I hope that helps.

Thanks,
Roy