# Company Name Checker

> Free UK company name checker using Companies House rules

```yaml
url: "https://shipboost.io/tools/company-name-checker"
website: "https://companynamechecker.co.uk/"
pricing: FREE
upvotes: 0
categories: "Productivity, Operations"
tags: "Founder Tools, Small Business, Free Tools, Startup Compliance, Web App"
```

## Description

Company Name Checker is a free, independent tool for checking whether a UK company name is available. It applies the Companies House "same as" rules from Schedule 3 of the 2015 Names Regulations, stripping out endings like "Ltd", punctuation, accents, "The" at the start and a final "S", then compares what's left against every live UK company. A simple exact-match search for "Acme UK Ltd" would miss "The Acme Company Limited"; this one catches it and shows the reduced form Companies House compares.

Each result places your name on an A-to-Z view of the register, lists similar names that could still draw a "too like" objection, and links any clashing company to its Companies House record. Data comes from Companies House's monthly file of live companies, with a live Companies House search when that finds no clash, so recently registered companies are caught too.

Around the name check sit a business name generator that checks every idea, a .co.uk, .uk and .com domain checker, a UK company search with filing deadlines, a VAT number format checker, and guides to registering a limited company, identity verification, confirmation statements and trade mark searches. Every fee and rule carries an official source and a check date.

## Screenshots

- Screenshot 1: https://companynamechecker.co.uk/og.png

## Links

- ShipBoost listing: https://shipboost.io/tools/company-name-checker
- Website: https://companynamechecker.co.uk/
- Markdown: https://shipboost.io/tools/company-name-checker.md

## Explore

- More Productivity tools: https://shipboost.io/categories/productivity
- More Operations tools: https://shipboost.io/categories/operations
- Tagged Founder Tools: https://shipboost.io/tags/founder-tools
- Tagged Small Business: https://shipboost.io/tags/small-business
- Tagged Free Tools: https://shipboost.io/tags/free-tools