Pick a business name and check nobody's already using it

A shortlist run against real registrations, and a straight answer on what's clear.

What to ask

Help me settle on a business name. I'll give you two or three candidates — run check_business_name on the whole shortlist, then tell me which are actually clear, which are too close to something already registered, and why. Be straight with me about what you couldn't check, and what I still need to look up myself.

What Miles needs from you

• Two or three candidate names

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