Two, One, or One, Depending on How You File

A standalone SPICe+ Part A application allows up to two proposed names, of which one may be approved. If you file Part A together with Part B as a single incorporation submission, only one name is entered. Either way you get one resubmission if the application is marked for it. There is no limit on how many fresh applications you may file in total, but each is a new fee and a new cycle, so the practical limit is your patience.

The limits, in one table

Situation

Names you may propose

SPICe+ Part A, filed on its own

Up to 2, at least 1 mandatory

SPICe+ Part A filed together with Part B

1

Resubmission, where allowed

1 resubmission opportunity

Fresh applications after that

No fixed limit, each with its own fee and cycle

Why the number changes with how you file

Filing Part A on its own is a dedicated name reservation. You are asking the question before committing to anything else, so you get two attempts in the same application.

Filing Part A and Part B together submits the entire incorporation as one package, and the form takes a single name. That removes a stage and is faster when you are confident, but it concentrates the risk: if the single name is refused, the whole submission is held up rather than just the name.

How to use two slots properly

The common mistake is submitting two versions of the same idea.

If your first choice is “Vayu Technologies Private Limited”, do not make your second “Vayu Tech Solutions Private Limited”. If the first is refused for resembling an existing “Vayu” name, the second fails for exactly the same reason, and you have wasted the slot.

Use the second name for a genuinely different distinctive word. Treat the two slots as two independent attempts, not as a first choice and a near-identical fallback.

Rank them honestly

Only one name gets approved. If both of yours are acceptable, the Registrar will not pick the one you secretly preferred. Put your real first choice first, and make sure your second is a name you would actually be happy to keep for the life of the company.

How many names should you prepare?

Three to five, screened. More than that and you are generating rather than choosing.

Screen each against the MCA register, searching the distinctive word alone, and against the trademark register in your classes. Then file your top two.

The limit that actually binds

Not the number of names. The time.

Each cycle costs a few days of processing plus your own decision time, and incorporation waits behind the name. A founder with a bank account to open or a client to onboard feels three rejected cycles far more than three fees. That is the argument for screening properly once rather than filing hopefully three times.

How Northrop LLP helps

Northrop LLP screens your shortlist, tells you which two are worth the slots, and files them in the right order.