Faq's
- Categories
- General Questions
- Trade names
- Business Activities
- Establishing Companies
- Foreign Companies Contracting with the State of Qatar
- Foreign Investment Companies
- Commercial Representation Companies
- Procedures for Commercial Registrations
- Questions of joint stock companies
- Commercial Permit Services
- Trademarks
- Digital Signature
- Payment methods
- Article of Association
- Commercial permit
- Advertising license
- Rules and Regulations of Placing an Advertisement
- Signage types
- Health license
- Approval for Labor Recruitment
- Land Allocation
- Environmental Permit
- Reserve trade name
- Extend reserve trade name
- Industrial Permit
- Factory Establishment
The trade name may be retained after its registration has been deleted provided the name is a registered trademark.
Yes, you can use the word “group” in a trade name.
You can reserve a trade name online through the website or visiting the service centers of the Single Window.
Single Window allows for an online selection and reservation of a trade name for a period of one hundred and eighty day. Further information can be obtained on SW website.
The fee for reserving a trade name is QAR 1000, with an additional QAR 500 for names written in Latin and an extra QAR 1000 for trademark names.
The trade name mentioned on the billboard must be identical to the one in the commercial registration and license. Otherwise, it will present itself to legal issues and violations.
The investor can reserve a trade name and register the company, but cannot commence operations or recruit staff until a commercial permit is issued. Log onto Single Window Website for further details.
Yes, you can reserve a trade name for up to one hundred and eighty days through the Single Window Website.
There is no case where a branch has a different name from the main branch.
A trade name may not differ from the main commercial registration name.
According to the law, country names cannot be used in the trade names of companies.
The name "Qatar" can only be used by company established or incorporated by the government of Qatar.
Steps to reserving a trade name:
- Log on to the Single Window Website.
- Enter the desired trade names (between three and five names) and the Single Window will select one based on availability.