Ireland—Company names and business names—private company limited by shares

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Practice notes

Ireland—Company names and business names—private company limited by shares

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with John Darmody of Addleshaw Goddard

Practice notes

Company names and business (or trading) names are respectively regulated by the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) and the Registration of Business Names Act 1963 (Ireland) (RBNA 1963 (IRL)). This Practice Note summaries the key requirements in respect of company names and business names of a private company limited by shares (LTD).

For details of requirements relating to the disclosure of a company’s name and other registration details at its premises and on its business stationery and other documents, see Practice Note: Ireland—Trading disclosures of a private company limited by shares (LTD).

Choosing a company name/company name restrictions

The choice of company name, whether on incorporation or on a subsequent change of name, is subject to a variety of requirements and restrictions, which include:

  1. •

    the name of an LTD must end with either ‘limited’ or (the Irish language version) ‘teoranta’ and appropriate abbreviations (‘ltd.’ or ‘teo.’) may be used

  2. •

    the name must not be the same as or too similar to that of another company which has already

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John Darmody

Managing Associate, Addleshaw Goddard

John is a managing associate in Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate and commercial team in the Dublin office. He is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer whose specialist areas include corporate establishment in Ireland, corporate governance and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and investments, and commercial contracts.
 
John advises a diverse range of organisations across multiple sectors and is experienced in advising a variety of stakeholders including companies, company founders, company officers, investors, investees, buyers, sellers, suppliers and customers.

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