Buisness name question
I’m starting a plumbing company and had a couple questions regarding name selection. Almost anything I can come up with that sounds catchy has already been taken in my state. Ultimately I decided on “Primetime Plumbing” a year ago but I now see that someone about an hour away is using “Prime Time Plumbing Services”. I am not officially conducting business yet as I have 4 months until I have the appropriate plumbing license to do so but when I am conducting business our service areas will overlap to a degree. He has not filed his annual registration yet and will be dissolved by the state June 1 if he doesn’t do so. My question is can I use the name primetime plumbing even if he is dissolved or because he is already conducting business with it (has a google page a website as well) and was first to use it in the field does he have first right to it? I’m not married to the name I just don’t want a legal dispute down the line and be forced to change names after being established.
My first choice in name is my last name (Ferguson) Plumbing. The issue is that Ferguson enterprise is a huge nationwide plumbing supply shop. There is no one in my state operating a plumbing service company with the name Ferguson Plumbing but I assume this name is too similar to Ferguson Enterprise and in the same field so it probably can not be used by me?
Thanks for any insight