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Before looking at some significant differences between the rules regarding company name availability and the rules regarding business name availability, by way of background it is worthwhile first looking at the sources of the company name and business name availability rules, and some key similarities between them.
Source of the Company Name Availability Rules
The rules regarding the availability of registered company names (for example the name of a Pty Ltd company) are laid down in a combined reading of the following –
Source of Business name Availability Rules
And the rules regarding the availability of registered business ('trading as') names are laid down in a combined reading of the following –
Some key similarities between the Company Name Availability Rules and the Business name Availability Rules
The rules regarding the availability of registered company names and the rules regarding the availability of registered business names are similar in many respects. For example, both sets of rules provide that, in comparing a proposed name with a registered name to see whether the proposed name is identical to an already registered name (and thus is not available to be registered), each of the following matters in the proposed name and the registered name are to be disregarded (but please note that this is not an exhaustive list) –
Some significant differences between the Company Name Availability Rules and the Business Name Availability Rules
There are however a number of significant differences between the Company Name Availability Rules and the Business name Availability Rules. Without intending to list all such significant differences, here are three of them –