**** Updated as on 6th April, 2019 ****
What’s Updated? – MCA Circular on : Use of word ‘National’, ‘Bank’, ‘Exchange’, ‘Stock Exchange’ in the names of Companies or Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs). Refer General Circular No. 2/2014
One can check whether the proposed Company Name (Private Limited or LLP) is available for Registration or not with the RoC/MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) website Check Name Availability. If the company name doesn’t exists then it will display the relevant message.
One can also check the existing Company Names Database of Company/LLP. It gives following options to search
Search based on RoC-Registration No. – If you know the RoC- Registration Number, use this option.
Search based on existing company/LLP name – Here you have more options to find out the names using options like Ends with, Is equal to, Starts with, Contains anywhere.
Search based on Inactive CIN – If you know CIN of the Inactive Company you can use this option.
Search based on Old Name of Company/LLP – If you know the old company name.
There are few guidelines issued by MCA with respect to the New Company Names, which can be found here.
You may also read the “Common reasons of rejection of New Company Name“.
If anyone wants to check whether a specific Company is really registered (legality) with the MCA/Government of India, then follow these steps to check the same.
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