Company name generator with the legal ending built in
Type two or three words about what you do. You get names you can say out loud, each shown the way the registry would print it: LLC in Wyoming, Ltd in the BVI, FZCO in Dubai, GmbH in Zurich. Words that need a licence are flagged before you fall for them, and every name leads to the official register for an availability search.
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Business name availability: check your favourite in the official register
A generator cannot know which names are taken. Only the registry can, and every registry compares names its own way: most ignore the legal ending, punctuation and words like "The", and some treat a plural as the same name.
Paste your favourite below. The checker strips it down to the core words the registry will compare, adds the ending your jurisdiction requires, flags restricted words, and then takes you to our guide for that register, which links the official search.
- Search the core words, not the full name.Searching "Northvale" finds Northvale LLC, Northvale Ltd and Northvale Holdings in one go.
- Look for near matches as well as exact ones.An existing "North Vale Holdings" can block "Northvale Holdings" where spaces are ignored.
- Reserve or file soon.A clear search today is not a hold. Some registries offer a paid reservation; Hong Kong has none, so the name is yours only once the company is formed.
Type a name to see it as it would be registered.
How to pick a company name you won't have to change
Six tests, in the order that saves the most wasted work.
How to pick a company name
The best company name is the one a stranger can hear once, spell correctly and find. Clever comes second.
Describe, invent or borrow
Every name sits somewhere between three styles, and the generator's style buttons map to them:
- Descriptive ("Harbor Freight Consulting"): instantly clear, hard to trademark, easy to outgrow. Good for a consultancy or a trading company whose clients search for the service.
- Invented ("Tessora"): easy to protect and to find a domain for, but it has to be taught. Good for a product brand.
- Borrowed (a Latin root, a place, a surname): sounds settled from day one. Good for a holding or family company that is rarely marketed.
Company naming rules by jurisdiction
The ending, the words you need permission for, and the one rule that catches people out, with the official source for each.
Naming rules by jurisdiction
Every register asks for a legal ending, and most keep a list of words you may only use with a licence. Here are both for the 34 company types Heirson forms, with a link to the official text and to our guide for searching each register.
| Jurisdiction | Name must include | Needs consent or a licence | Rule worth knowing | Check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming LLC | LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company, Ltd. Liability Company, Limited Company, LC, L.C. | academy, banc, bank, college, institute, school, trust, university | A name starting with "A " or using special characters has to be filed on paper. Endings, plurals and punctuation never make a name different. | Search guide Wyoming SOS naming guide |
| Delaware LLC | LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company | bank | The ending can sit anywhere in the name, and "Trust" is expressly allowed. The name must be distinguishable on the state's records. | Search guide 6 Del. C. 18-102 |
| Florida LLC | LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company | banc, bank, banker, banking, credit union, savings bank, trust company | Florida has no name reservation, so a clear name is only yours once the articles are filed. The name may not imply a government link. | Search guide Fla. Stat. 605.0112 |
| Nevada LLC | LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company, Limited-Liability Company, Limited Company, Limited, Ltd., LC, L.C. | accountant, architect, bank, engineer, insurance, trust | Nevada accepts the widest set of LLC endings of any state here, including plain "Limited". A name can be reserved for a US$25 fee. | Search guide NRS 86.171 |
| New Mexico LLC | LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company, Limited Company, LC, L.C. | bank, insurance, trust | A name can be held for 120 days for US$20 while you prepare the filing. | Search guide NMSA 53-19-3 |
| British Virgin Islands business company | Ltd, Limited, Corp, Corporation, Inc, Incorporated, S.A., Sociedad Anonima, Societe Anonyme | assurance, bank, fund, government, insurance, trust | When comparing names the FSC ignores the ending, "The", plurals and punctuation. A name can be reserved for 90 days. | Search guide FSC company names guide |
| Seychelles IBC | Ltd, Limited, Corp, Corporation, Inc, Incorporated | bank, blockchain, chamber of commerce, crypto, cryptocurrency, currency, exchange, insurance, nft, trust, virtual | The FSA bars crypto words such as exchange, NFT and virtual for any company not licensed under the virtual asset law. | Search guide FSA notice on virtual asset words |
| Panama sociedad anónima | S.A., Sociedad Anónima, Inc., Corp. | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | The name must show that the company is a sociedad anónima. A name can be reserved for 30 days. | Search guide Law 32 of 1927, art. 2 |
| Belize company | Ltd, Limited, Corp, Corporation, Inc, Incorporated, S.A., Sociedad Anonima, Société Anonyme, AG, Aktiengesellschaft | academy, bank, chamber of commerce, chartered, forex, fund, insurance, municipal, royal, securities, trust, university | A web address such as ".com" cannot be part of the name. Foreign characters are allowed alongside the English name. | Search guide Belize Companies Act 2022, ss.17 to 19 |
| Cayman Islands exempted company | Ltd, Limited (or none) | bank, building society, chamber of commerce, fund, insurance, trust | An exempted company may leave out "Limited" altogether. A second name in a foreign script costs CI$200. | Search guide General Registry name FAQ |
| Marshall Islands non-resident corporation | Inc., Corp., Corporation, Incorporated, Limited, Ltd., Company | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | Names must use Roman characters. A name can be reserved free for up to six months. | Search guide RMI Registrar, IBC page |
| Nevis LLC | LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company, Limited Company, LC, L.C. | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | Any alphabet is accepted if an authenticated English translation is filed with it. | Search guide Nevis LLC Ordinance |
| Bahamas IBC | Ltd, Limited, Corp, Corporation, Inc, Incorporated, S.A., GmbH | assurance, bank, building society, chamber of commerce, chartered, royal, trust | You can skip the name step and take a number name such as "001 Bahamas Limited". A reservation lasts 28 days. | Search guide IBC Act 2000, s.12 |
| Bermuda exempted company | Ltd., Limited | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | A name can be reserved for up to three months, and reserved names show in the public search. | Search guide Registrar of Companies, reserving a name |
| Mauritius private company | Ltd, Limited, Ltée, Limitée | chamber of commerce, chartered, government, mauritius, municipal, national, republic, state | French endings are as valid as English ones. A name can be reserved for six months. | Search guide Companies Act 2001, ss.33 to 35 |
| Labuan company | Ltd, Limited, Inc, Incorporated, Corp, Corporation, PLC, S.A., A.G., N.V. | bank, insurance, trust | The ending must be part of the name but need not be last, and "(L)" may be added. A name in another script needs a certified English rendering. | Search guide Labuan FSA restricted words |
| Hong Kong private company | Limited | bank, chamber of commerce, government, insurance, savings, stock exchange, trust, trustee | The English name must end in "Limited" written in full, and English and Chinese cannot be mixed in one name. There is no reservation. | Search guide Companies Registry name guide |
| UAE, IFZA (Dubai) free zone company | FZCO | crypto, global, gulf, international | No city names, web addresses, punctuation or known brands. A name can be held for up to three months. | Search guide IFZA name reservation terms |
| UAE, Meydan Free Zone (Dubai) free zone company | FZCO | bank, capital, exchange, finance, group, international, university | Government and religious words are refused, and a name identical or similar to an existing one is not accepted. | Search guide MFZ Regulations, cl. 15 |
| UAE, RAKEZ (Ras Al Khaimah) free zone company | FZ-LLC | assurance, bank, chamber, corp, inc, insurance, ltd, municipal, royal, uae | No punctuation, and English and Arabic cannot be mixed. A name is held for two months. | Search guide RAKEZ trade name rules |
| UAE, DMCC (Dubai) free zone company | FZCO | asset, capital, dubai, emirates, exchange, finance, forex, fund, government, group, holding, investment, islamic, uae | Companies registered from 2 January 2025 end in FZCO, and the name has to reflect the licensed activity. | Search guide DMCC suffix notice |
| UAE, RAK ICC international company | Limited, Ltd, Incorporated, Inc | bank, dubai, exchange, forex, fund, gaming, gulf, insurance, trust, uae, university | Schedule 1 of the regulations lists more than 150 restricted words. A reservation lasts 30 days and can run to 90. | Search guide RAK ICC Regulations 2018 |
| Bahrain WLL | W.L.L. | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | The single person company form was abolished in 2020. A name is reserved for 30 days, renewable twice, at BD 300 each time. | Search guide Commercial Companies Law, art. 263 |
| Switzerland GmbH | GmbH, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | bund, eidgenossenschaft, gemeinde, kanton | Latin letters and numbers only, no symbols such as % or @, and a country or region cannot be the only word. English legal forms are allowed only as a translation. | Search guide Federal Office of Justice |
| Switzerland AG | AG, SA, Aktiengesellschaft | bund, eidgenossenschaft, gemeinde, kanton | The name must differ clearly from every Swiss company of these forms; the legal form alone does not make it different. Names cannot be reserved. | Search guide Federal Office of Justice |
| Estonia OÜ | OÜ, osaühing | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | "OÜ" may stand at the start or the end of the name, and the e-Business Register name search also flags similar trademarks. | Search guide RIK name search guide |
| Cyprus private company | Ltd, Limited | bank, casino, euro, europe, insurance, international, national, republic, university | "Limited" or "Ltd" must be the last word, and symbols such as @, %, ! or the euro sign are refused. | Search guide Registrar of Companies |
| Malta private company | Ltd, Limited, Private Limited Company | bank, fiduciary, insurance, nominee, trustee | The ending must close the name. A name can be reserved for three months for EUR 10. | Search guide Companies Act, art. 70 |
| Gibraltar private company | Ltd, Limited | bank, blockchain, chartered, crown, crypto, exchange, fund, gibraltar, insurance, king, queen, royal, token, trust | Any abbreviation in the name needs a letter explaining what it stands for. | Search guide Companies House GN4 |
| Jersey company | Ltd, Limited, a.r.l., avec responsabilité limitée | bank, chamber of commerce, fund, insurance, international, royal, trust, university | A name can be reserved for GBP 10 and is then held for up to two years. | Search guide Jersey registry, reserve a name |
| Guernsey company | Ltd, Limited | bank, fund, government, insurance, royal | A name used by another company in the last 10 years is refused. A reservation lasts three months for GBP 25. | Search guide Guernsey Registry, choosing names |
| Isle of Man company (2006 Act) | Ltd, Limited, Corp, Corporation, Inc, Incorporated | bank, financial, fund, pension, savings, school, university | The name is approved before incorporation, and the approval lasts three months. | Search guide Restricted Words Regulations 2013 |
| Bulgaria EOOD | EOOD, OOD, ЕООД, ООД | No word list published; regulated activities still need a licence | The Commerce Act requires the name in Bulgarian. EOOD is the single owner form, OOD the form with two or more owners. | Search guide Commerce Act, art. 7 |
| Georgia LLC | LLC | government | The brand name is registered in Georgian, and another person's name needs their consent. | Search guide Law on Entrepreneurs, art. 16 |
Restricted word lists are longer than shown here; the table lists the words founders most often try. When in doubt, ask the registry or your registered agent before you file.
Trademarks: the check the registry doesn't do for you
A company name and a brand are protected by different offices.
Trademarks
Registering a company gives you the name in that register. It does not stop someone with an earlier trademark from making you stop using it.
Company registries only compare a new name with other company names in the same register. They do not look at trademarks, and a trademark owner in your market can object to your trading name even if the registry accepted it. So search trademarks before you print anything:
- WIPO Global Brand Database: free, searches international registrations and many national registers in one place. Start here if you sell in more than one country.
- USPTO trademark search: the US federal register. Essential if you sell to US customers, whatever state your LLC is in.
- Your main market's own trademark office, for marks that are only registered nationally.
What to search for
Search the distinctive word in your name, not the whole name, and try the spellings it sounds like. A trademark conflict turns on whether customers could confuse the two in the same line of business, so a "Northvale" clothing brand matters to a Northvale fashion shop and much less to a Northvale holding company.
Domains and handles: settle them before you file
Changing a registered name later costs a filing fee; finding the domain is taken costs a brand.
Domains
Your company name and your domain do not have to match. They just have to point at each other without confusion.
- Drop the ending. "Northvale Holdings Ltd" lives happily at northvale.com or northvaleholdings.com. Nobody types "ltd" into a browser.
- A country domain is fine for a local business. A Swiss GmbH serving Swiss clients is well served by a .ch address. An offshore company selling worldwide usually wants .com.
- Avoid hyphens and doubled letters where the words meet: "harbor-ridge" and "harborridge" both get mistyped.
- Check the social handle on the one or two platforms your customers actually use.
The generator shows the plain domain form of each name so you can paste it into your registrar's search. It does not check whether the domain is free, because that needs a live lookup this page never makes.
Naming a holding company
Quiet, durable and not your home address in word form.
Holding company names
A holding company's name is read by banks, registries and counterparties, not customers. Choose for clarity and longevity, not for marketing.
Four patterns that work
- Word plus "Holdings": Northvale Holdings Ltd. The most common, and it tells a bank what the company is for at a glance.
- The operating brand plus "Group": useful when the holding company sits above one well known business.
- A Latin or neutral root: Aequitas Capital Ltd, Keystone Assets LLC. Calm, and it gives nothing away.
- A family name: Marlow Family Holdings. Honest and lasting, but it puts the family on the record. If privacy is part of why you are forming offshore, pick a neutral word instead.
Words to handle with care
"Capital", "Investments" and "Asset Management" read as financial services to a bank's compliance team, and in some registries words like fund, trust or asset management need a licence. If the company only holds shares in your own businesses, "Holdings" says that without inviting questions. Our holding company guide covers where to put one, and the UAE holding company page covers the free zone route.
Company name questions
Is this an AI name generator?
No. It combines your keywords with word lists and patterns we wrote for this page, using a fixed random seed, so the same keywords always give the same first set of names. It runs in your browser and sends nothing anywhere.
Does the generator check whether a name is available?
No tool can promise that except the registry itself. The name checker on this page prepares the name the way registries compare it and sends you to our guide for that register, which links the official search. Trademarks and domains are separate checks.
What is the difference between LLC, L.L.C. and Limited Liability Company?
Nothing legally. In Wyoming, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Nevis they are interchangeable spellings of the same ending, and the registry ignores the ending when comparing names. Most founders pick LLC because it is short.
Can I use "Holdings" or "Capital" in my company name?
"Holdings" is accepted almost everywhere. "Capital", "Investments" and "Finance" are free in most US states but restricted in some UAE free zones, where they need a matching licensed activity, and they invite questions from banks. The generator flags them where the jurisdiction restricts them.
What does FZCO mean?
Free Zone Company, the ending used by IFZA, Meydan and, since 2 January 2025, DMCC companies in Dubai. RAKEZ uses FZ-LLC for its companies instead.
Can two companies have the same name in different countries?
Yes. Each register only compares names within itself, so a Northvale LLC in Wyoming and a Northvale Ltd in the BVI can both exist. A trademark in a country where you both sell is what decides who may use the name in trade.
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