• Application Form:

    Company Name Reservation

    Reserving a company name is the first step to ensuring your business has a unique identity.

    Once approved by the CIPC, this name is held exclusively for you, preventing anyone else from registering a company with the same name.

    Validity and purpose:

    • An approved name reservation is valid for 6 months.
    • If the name is not used to register a company within this timeframe, the reservation will expire, and the name will become available to the public.
    • The reserved name can be used to register a new company or to change the name of an existing company.

    Our total fee for this service is R375. This includes the mandatory filing fee.

  • Applicant

  • Company Names

    The first available name will be reserved.

  • Does any proposed name:

    1. Include any word in a language that is not in an official SA language?
    2. Fall into a category named restricted in terms of the Companies Act?
    3. Refer to a similar name of another company, close corporation, etc?
    4. Include any word, number, or element that constitutes a trademark? 
    5. Include any other mark, or registered mark, or a filed application in SA?

  • Should be Empty: