Subject to limitations imposed by the licensing acts of the respective professions, the same standards of the business corporation name availability rules apply to professional corporation name availability; however, professional corporations may use the words “Professional Association”, “P. A.”, “Professional Corporation”, or “PC”, in lieu of the corporate designations specified in N.C.G.S. 55D-20(1).

In addition to the standards governing the name of limited liability companies, professional limited liability company names must contain the word “Professional” or the abbreviation “P.L.L.C” or “PLLC.”