diff --git a/public/js/va-client-register.js b/public/js/va-client-register.js
index 23b6c77..85108eb 100644
--- a/public/js/va-client-register.js
+++ b/public/js/va-client-register.js
@@ -521,12 +521,12 @@ async function validateStep(step) {
             }
             if (!firstName) {
                 isValid = false;
-                showError('First Name is Required', null, step);
+                showError('First Name is Required', 'first-name', step);
                 return isValid;
             }
             if (!lastName) {
                 isValid = false;
-                showError('Last Name is Required', null, step);
+                showError('Last Name is Required', 'last-name', step);
                 return isValid;
             }
 
@@ -545,6 +545,25 @@ async function validateStep(step) {
                 document.getElementById('confirmPassword').classList.remove('field-error');
             }
 
+            // Validate other required fields
+            const requiredFields = form.querySelectorAll('[required]');
+            requiredFields.forEach(field => {
+                if (field.id !== 'email' && !field.value.trim()) {
+                    isValid = false;
+                    field.classList.add('field-error');
+                } else if (field.id !== 'email') {
+                    field.classList.remove('field-error');
+                }
+            });
+        } else if (step === 2) {
+            const companyName = document.getElementById('company-name').value;
+            
+            if (!companyName) {
+                isValid = false;
+                showError('Company Name is Required', 'company-name', step);
+                return isValid;
+            }
+
             // Validate other required fields
             const requiredFields = form.querySelectorAll('[required]');
             requiredFields.forEach(field => {
@@ -639,6 +658,7 @@ function saveStepData(step) {
             formData.userDetails.password = document.getElementById('password').value;
             break;
         case 2:
+            formData.userDetails.name = document.getElementById('company-name').value;
             formData.userDetails.address = document.getElementById('address').value;
             formData.userDetails.city = document.getElementById('city').value;
             formData.userDetails.state = document.getElementById('state').value;
@@ -882,28 +902,29 @@ async function detectLocation() {
         await populateStates(countryCode, 'state');
         await populateStates(countryCode, 'billing-state');
 
-        const stateSelect = document.getElementById('state');
-        const billingStateSelect = document.getElementById('billing-state');
+        // auto populate state if region matches
+        // const stateSelect = document.getElementById('state');
+        // const billingStateSelect = document.getElementById('billing-state');
 
-        if (stateSelect && region) {
-            const matchedState = Array.from(stateSelect.options).find(
-                opt => opt.text.toLowerCase() === region.toLowerCase()
-            );
-            if (matchedState) {
-                stateSelect.value = matchedState.value;
-                stateSelect.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
-            }
-        }
+        // if (stateSelect && region) {
+        //     const matchedState = Array.from(stateSelect.options).find(
+        //         opt => opt.text.toLowerCase() === region.toLowerCase()
+        //     );
+        //     if (matchedState) {
+        //         stateSelect.value = matchedState.value;
+        //         stateSelect.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
+        //     }
+        // }
         
-        if (billingStateSelect && region) {
-            const matchedBillingState = Array.from(billingStateSelect.options).find(
-                opt => opt.text.toLowerCase() === region.toLowerCase()
-            );
-            if (matchedBillingState) {
-                billingStateSelect.value = matchedBillingState.value;
-                billingStateSelect.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
-            }
-        }
+        // if (billingStateSelect && region) {
+        //     const matchedBillingState = Array.from(billingStateSelect.options).find(
+        //         opt => opt.text.toLowerCase() === region.toLowerCase()
+        //     );
+        //     if (matchedBillingState) {
+        //         billingStateSelect.value = matchedBillingState.value;
+        //         billingStateSelect.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
+        //     }
+        // }
     } catch (error) {
         console.error('Error detecting location:', error);
         
@@ -1092,7 +1113,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
     // Handle use business address checkbox
     document.getElementById('use-business-address').addEventListener('change', function() {
         if (this.checked) {
-            document.getElementById('billing-name').value = formData.userDetails.firstName || '';
+            document.getElementById('billing-name').value = formData.userDetails.name || '';
             document.getElementById('billing-address').value = formData.userDetails.address || '';
             document.getElementById('billing-city').value = formData.userDetails.city || '';
             document.getElementById('billing-state').value = formData.userDetails.state || '';
@@ -1439,6 +1460,93 @@ function preventInvalidLastNameChars(event) {
     return false;
 }
 
+// Function to validate company name
+function validateCompanyName(input) {
+    const errorElement = document.getElementById('company-name-error');
+    const value = input.value;
+    
+    // Check various invalid patterns
+    const validationResult = validateCompanyNameContent(value);
+    
+    if (!validationResult.isValid && value.trim().length > 0) {
+        errorElement.textContent = validationResult.message;
+        errorElement.style.display = 'block';
+        input.classList.add('field-error');
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        errorElement.style.display = 'none';
+        input.classList.remove('field-error');
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+function validateCompanyNameContent(companyName) {
+    const trimmed = companyName.trim();
+    
+    if (trimmed.length === 0) {
+        return { isValid: false, message: 'Company name is required' };
+    }
+    
+    // Check minimum length
+    if (trimmed.length < 2) {
+        return { isValid: false, message: 'Company name must be at least 2 characters' };
+    }
+    
+    // Remove whitespace for content analysis
+    const content = trimmed.replace(/\s/g, '');
+    
+    // Check if contains only special characters
+    if (/^[^a-zA-Z0-9]+$/.test(content)) {
+        return { isValid: false, message: 'Company name cannot be only special characters' };
+    }
+    
+    // Check if contains at least some valid content (letters or numbers)
+    if (!/[a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(content)) {
+        return { isValid: false, message: 'Company name must contain letters or numbers' };
+    }
+    
+    // Optional: Check for excessive special characters (more than 50%)
+    const specialCharCount = (content.match(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g) || []).length;
+    if (specialCharCount > content.length / 2) {
+        return { isValid: false, message: 'Company name contains too many special characters' };
+    }
+    
+    return { isValid: true, message: '' };
+}
+
+// Function to prevent invalid character input in real-time
+function preventInvalidCompanyNameChars(event) {
+    const charCode = event.which ? event.which : event.keyCode;
+    const key = event.key;
+    
+    // Allow: letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, ampersands, periods, commas
+    // Also allow common editing keys
+    if ((charCode >= 65 && charCode <= 90) || // A-Z
+        (charCode >= 97 && charCode <= 122) || // a-z
+        (charCode >= 48 && charCode <= 57) || // 0-9
+        charCode === 32 || // space
+        charCode === 45 || // hyphen
+        charCode === 39 || // apostrophe
+        charCode === 38 || // ampersand (&)
+        charCode === 46 || // period (.)
+        charCode === 44 || // comma (,)
+        charCode === 8 || // backspace
+        charCode === 9 || // tab
+        charCode === 37 || // left arrow
+        charCode === 39 || // right arrow
+        charCode === 16 || // shift
+        charCode === 17 || // ctrl
+        charCode === 18 || // alt
+        charCode === 91 || // cmd (Mac)
+        /^[a-zA-Z0-9\s\-'&.,]$/.test(key)) { // allowed characters
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    // Prevent invalid characters
+    event.preventDefault();
+    return false;
+}
+
 // Function to validate ZIP code in real-time
 function validateZipCode(input) {
     let errorElement;
diff --git a/src/controllers/client/vaClient.controller.js b/src/controllers/client/vaClient.controller.js
index 87695cc..897b8f9 100644
--- a/src/controllers/client/vaClient.controller.js
+++ b/src/controllers/client/vaClient.controller.js
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ async function va_register_client(req, res) {
   try {
     const payload = req.body || {};
     const { userDetails } = payload;
-    if (!userDetails || !userDetails.email || !userDetails.firstName || !userDetails.lastName || !userDetails.password) {
+    if (!userDetails || !userDetails.email || !userDetails.firstName || !userDetails.lastName || !userDetails.password || !userDetails.name) {
       return res.status(400).json({
         success: false,
-        message: "Missing required fields: firstName, lastName, email, and password are required"
+        message: "Missing required fields: firstName, lastName, email, company name and password are required"
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/salesforce.service.js b/src/services/salesforce.service.js
index 78d4d9a..fd3b4b8 100644
--- a/src/services/salesforce.service.js
+++ b/src/services/salesforce.service.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class SalesforceService {
     return {
       userDetails: {
         _id: _id,
+        name: userDetails.name,
         firstName: userDetails.firstName,
         lastName: userDetails.lastName,
         email: userDetails.email.toLowerCase(),
diff --git a/src/services/vaClient.service.js b/src/services/vaClient.service.js
index a55deff..d9b99d0 100644
--- a/src/services/vaClient.service.js
+++ b/src/services/vaClient.service.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class VaClientService {
 
       // Define allowed fields for update (excluding password)
       const allowedFields = [
-        "firstName", "lastName", "address", "city", "state", "zip",
+        "name", "firstName", "lastName", "address", "city", "state", "zip",
         "billingName", "billingEmail", "billingAddress", "billingCity", 
         "billingState", "billingZip", "position", "signatoryName", 
         "signatoryEmail", "paymentMethod", "bankName", "accountNumber",
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class VaClientService {
       userDetails: {
         firstName: userDetails.firstName,
         lastName: userDetails.lastName,
-        name: `${userDetails.firstName} ${userDetails.lastName}`,
+        name: userDetails.name,
         email: userDetails.email.toLowerCase(),
         password: hashedPassword,
         address: userDetails.address || null,
diff --git a/views/va_client_register.ejs b/views/va_client_register.ejs
index 517c09f..a1c5346 100644
--- a/views/va_client_register.ejs
+++ b/views/va_client_register.ejs
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@
                         <div class="error-message" id="step-2-error-message"></div>
                     </div>
                     <form id="business-form">
+                        <div class="form-group">
+                            <div class="input-container">
+                                <input type="text" id="company-name" class="input-field" placeholder=" " oninput="validateCompanyName(this)" required>
+                                <label for="company-name" class="input-label">Company Name *</label>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="invalid-feedback" id="company-name-error" style="display: none; color: #dc3545; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">
+                                Company name should only contain letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, ampersands, and periods
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
                         <div class="form-group">
                             <div class="input-container">
                                 <input type="text" id="address" class="input-field" placeholder=" " required>