How to Check If the Company Name Is Available for Singapore Company Set-up?

Choosing a company name is an essential step when registering a company in Singapore. A company name creates trust and integrity with your target customers. It also creates the right (or wrong) first impressions for your company.

Aside from these considerations, guaranteeing ACRA’s approval on a proposed company name is also important. Singapore implements stringent rules and regulations when it comes to company name registration. Company name registration safeguards the company name as no other company will be authorized to use it besides the owner.

Discover noteworthy considerations when choosing a company name and how to check its availability on ACRA in this guide.

• Through its AI meters, BizFile can confirm the availability of a company name only when you try to actually buy the name. The AI decides whether you can use your proposed company name or not. The procedure given above is only approximate estimation of name availability. Whereas the real name is confirmed only when you try to book it.
  • For instance, your proposed company name contains a word synonymous to another word from an existing company name (e.g., a word synonymous to the word “consulting” in “Epica Consulting”). The system will then automatically flag your proposed company name as unavailable.
  • If you try to search prominent company names, such as Apple or Google, then the system will also automatically flag these names as unavailable as huge corporate brands are already using them.
  • The key point here is that the availability of company names on BizFile is kind of 70% to 80% confirmation, but the actual result occurs only when you book and pay for the name.