Price: $22.00 + HST - 3 Name Choices
Results emailed within 2-5 hours if ordered between 9am - 3pm EST Mon - Fri (excluding holidays)
PRELIMINARY NAME SEARCH
NUANS Preliminary Name Search
NUANS Preliminary Name Search
Alternatively you may order an instant preliminary search instead if you would rather do it yourself and get the results in real-time.
Additional Information About Nuans and Pre-Searches
This enables you to search up to 3 business names for availability within the Nuans pre-search databank. We manually search and email you the results from the Nuans pre-search databank to show similar named trademarks, corporations and small businesses within Canada. These include the following:
**Business Name Registrations such as Sole Proprietorship, General Partnerships, Trade Names, Trademarks, Incorporations, Non Profit Incorporations, and Extra Provincial Registrations.
The Nuans pre-search is a useful tool to those who wish to see a variety of business names before choosing which one to proceed with. In completing the Nuans search or searches you are doing your due diligence to ensure your business name does not conflict against existing business names or trademarks.
The Provinces and areas that provide corporate information to the Nuans databank are Trademarks, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia,Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, and the Federal government. Other Provinces and areas corporate information may not be available through the Nuans databank system.
Providing a name that is unique and distinctive to you and your line of business is crucial. A corporate name should have a distinctive element and a descriptive element to separate your business name from existing businesses.
Existing Business Search
This enables you to search a business name to confirm details such as whether the business/corporation is registered, within what jurisdiction and on what date.Price: $12.00 + HST - 1 Business Name
Results emailed within 2-5 hours if ordered between 9am - 3pm EST Mon - Fri (excluding holidays)
| Name | Distinctive Element | Descriptive Element | Legal Ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coined Word | Abzoodle Atapin Preservex |
Restaurant Dance Class Documents |
Ltd. Inc. Corp. |
| Dictionary Word | Relaxation Roman Sisters |
Spa Mines Cafe |
Limited Incorporated Corporation |
| Family Word | Campbell Harpers Lees |
Farms Juices Carpets |
Inc. Ltd. Corp. |
| Geographic Word | Toronto Sudbury Aurora |
Skylights Ice Cubes Playhouse |
Limited Corporation Incorporated |
| Descriptive Name | Lowfat Shepherds Speakers |
Eatery Kennel Etc. |
Inc. Corp. Ltd. |
| General Name | Ontario General A-1 |
Music Holdings Services |
Limited Corporation Incorporated |
Restrictions on Corporate Business Names
As a profit corporation in the Province of Ontario there are words or wordings not permitted by the Business Corporations Act. They are as follows:
- Obscene word or wording
- Co-op, co-operative or any variation
- Housing
- Association
- Any wording that might be confusing with a government institution
- Engineering, Engineers (unless written consent from association)
- College, University, Institute (unless written consent from Ministry of Education)
With your submission, our staff manually completes the Nuans searches for conflicts to existing businesses and email the results. If you wish to complete the NUANS preliminary self-serve, you can go to our instant preliminary search tool and garnish the results immediately.
We also offer access to the Instant Nuans report when you have determined the business name you propose is available for use.
Our NUANS Bundle provides our assistance in completed the NUANS report and also provides options including review of the NUANS and domain name search and registration from 1 to 5 years.
Other services offered by Ontario Business Central include Ontario incorporation, Canada Incorporation, Not for Profit Incorporation and much more.