Company name check

Check a proposed company name against CIPC's naming rules before you reserve it: restricted words, the right ending, names that are too generic. Free; then search and reserve on BizPortal.

The rules in short

• A private company's name ends with (Pty) Ltd; a non-profit company's with NPC.
• Words that suggest the state, a bank, an insurer or a profession may need a regulator's permission or be refused.
• CIPC refuses names that are the same as, or confusingly like, an existing company or a registered trade mark. Up to 4 names can be given, and reserving costs R50 on BizPortal.

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