To register a company name that is same as a registered business name, the holder of the business name must be a director or shareholder (member) of the company. You’ll receive a message that your proposed company name is available subject to manual review as it is the same as a registered business name. If the name is held by one of the proposed directors/shareholder that you will enter later in the form ASIC will approve the company name. This will not transfer your business name to a company. You will have a registered business name and a registered company.

Once the application is submitted you will not be able to make any changes or cancel it. When the name availability displays manual review and ASIC rejects the application you will be able to log into your account, make the change to the name and resubmit. No extra charges for resubmission

It usually takes 10-15 minutes to complete the online form. If their is no manual review you will receive the ACN and company documents within 5 minutes of submission. When the name availability displays manual review and ASIC takes 15-30 minutes during working hours to approve after submission. You will receive the documents within 5 minutes of approval