The name check

Is that name still free?

Type the business name you're dreaming about. We check the addresses that matter — .com, .co.ke, .co.uk and friends — and tell you plainly whether to move fast or think again. Free, no email required.

What the check does

Type a name and we ask the registries the one question that matters before anything else: is the address still free? We check the domains a business actually needs — .com, .co.ke, .co.uk and the handful that sit alongside them — and glance at the obvious social handles too.

The domain answers come straight from the registries' own public records, so a "free" really means free, not "probably". It's free to try as many names as you like, and no email required to see the answer.

Why check before you commit

A name is one of the few decisions that's genuinely hard to undo. By the time it's on the sign, the cards, the invoices and the top of the website, changing it means changing all of them at once. Five minutes here saves that. If the .com is gone and someone's already trading under it, that's worth knowing before you fall for the name, not after.

Picking well is part taste, part availability. The best names are short, easy to say down a phone, and don't collide with a business already ranking for the same word. If the exact match is taken, a small twist — a different word, a place, a spelling you actually like — often frees everything up at once. Better to find that out now, while it's still just an idea.