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Name a new business and check it's free

You've thought of a name and fallen in love before checking anything. Get a shortlist that fits your trade, plus the checks to do before you print a thing.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me name my new business and work out what to check before I commit.

What the business does: [e.g. garden maintenance, handmade candles, bookkeeping]
Where: [town or area, and whether you'll stay local]
Who it's for: [your main customers]
The feel I want: [e.g. friendly and local, premium, no-nonsense]
Names I'm already considering: [list, or none]
Things to avoid: [e.g. my own surname, puns, anything hard to spell]

Ask me up to 4 short questions first. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Give me 12 name ideas in three styles: does-what-it-says, local, and memorable.
2. For each, note if it's easy to say over the phone, spell from hearing, and fit on a van.
3. Pick a shortlist of 3 and explain why.
4. Give me a checklist to run on each shortlisted name before I buy anything: the official register of company names, trade mark searches, web addresses, social handles and a local search, naming the official site for each.
5. Suggest a matching short web address and social handle for each shortlisted name, marked as "check it's free".

Don't tell me a name is available: I'll check. UK English.

For the official UK company name and trade mark search pages, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. garden maintenance, handmade candles, bookkeeping: a short note you already have. town or area, and whether you'll stay local: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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