Trademark name availability search across official registries
Short answer
A trademark name availability search checks whether identical or confusingly similar marks are already registered or pending for related goods and services. Type your name, pick where you sell, and Trademarking shows a registration likelihood with the closest conflicts.
- Availability depends on the class, not only on the name.
- Similar spelling and sound can block a mark, not just exact matches.
- A free domain name or company name does not mean the trademark is available.
Available means more than no exact match
Examiners refuse marks that are likely to cause confusion with an earlier mark. That covers names that look or sound alike (Kloud and Cloud), share a distinctive core, or translate to the same meaning, when the goods or services are related. An exact-match search on an office website misses most of these.
The same name can be fine in one class and blocked in another. Delta is a registered mark for airlines and for faucets, owned by different companies, because the goods are unrelated. The Nice class guide shows which classes are usually treated as related.
What the check returns
- Registration likelihood as a percentage band (low, moderate or high risk).
- Main conflicts with office, registration number, status, owner and similarity percent.
- Recommended Nice classes for what you sell.
- Estimated official fee for the offices you picked.
- Source of every record, linked to the official register.
When you need a deeper search
An availability check is a fast screen for a shortlist of names. Before you invest in packaging, a domain and launch spend, run a full trademark clearance search that includes more offices, more spelling variants and a written report.
Once a name passes, the next step is trademark registration.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the availability result legal advice?
- No. It is an estimate from public registry data. It helps you decide which names to drop early; a lawyer can give an opinion on a specific case.
- Which registries are searched?
- The USPTO, EUIPO, UK IPO, WIPO Madrid, CIPO, IP Australia, UPRP and IP India, with the source shown next to each result.
- Does a registered company name mean I own the trademark?
- No. Company registration and trademark registration are separate systems. A company name can still infringe an earlier trademark.
- How many names can I check?
- Plans include 30, 200 or 1,500 searches per billing period. Visitors can run one demo check without an account.
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General information as of 2026, not legal advice. Trademarking is not a law firm. Official fees are set by each office and paid to the office directly.