File an assumed name certificate with the Brazos County Clerk

Run a Brazos County business under anything other than your own legal name (a sole proprietor calling the shop something catchier, a partnership operating under a brand), and Texas calls that an assumed name, or DBA. The local record lives with the Brazos County Clerk, filed in the same stack as deeds, brand registrations, and marriage licenses.

The clerk's forms page carries both the assumed-name certificate and an Abandonment of Assumed Name Certificate, the one you file when you close or rename the business. The fee runs $25 plus $4 for each additional page, and you file it at the courthouse in Bryan.

A DBA is only the name on record — it's not a sales-tax permit, a professional license, or city approval to open. Sort the assumed name out at the county clerk, then chase down separately whatever state permit, occupational license, or city sign-off your particular line of work demands.