diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/billing.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/billing.service.ts
index 175e3e00c..9dc6e15e9 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/billing.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/billing.service.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { PaymentService } from "../payment/payment.service";
 import { InitiateResponseDto, IntentStatusDto } from "../payment/payments.dto";
 import {
   InvoiceDocumentModel,
+  sameCompanyName,
   InvoiceDocumentService,
   pngDataUrl,
 } from "./documents/invoice-document.service";
@@ -875,10 +876,21 @@ export class BillingService {
     totals.push({ label: "Paid", amount: Number(invoice.paidAmount) });
     totals.push({ label: "Balance", amount: Number(invoice.balanceAmount) });
 
+    const tradeName = invoice.companyProfile?.etradeBusiness?.tradeName?.trim();
+
     const summary: InvoiceDocumentModel["summary"] = [
       // Buyer identity — was missing entirely; a MoR-registered invoice must show who it was
       // filed against, not just the seller. VatNumber shown only when the company has one.
       { label: "Buyer", value: invoice.company?.name ?? null },
+      // The trade name of the eTrade licence THIS profile operates as. A TIN
+      // holds many licences and the invoiced role (importer/exporter/forwarder)
+      // is usually a different business from the one the company registered
+      // under, so the buyer's name alone doesn't say which one was billed.
+      // Suppressed when it just repeats the buyer name — most companies trade
+      // under their registered name and a duplicate row helps nobody.
+      ...(tradeName && !sameCompanyName(tradeName, invoice.company?.name)
+        ? [{ label: "Buyer trade name", value: tradeName }]
+        : []),
       { label: "Buyer TIN", value: invoice.company?.tin ?? null },
       ...(invoice.company?.vatNumber
         ? [{ label: "Buyer VAT No.", value: invoice.company.vatNumber }]
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.spec.ts
index ebdf51be1..c443fad7e 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { InvoiceDocumentModel, InvoiceDocumentService } from "./invoice-document.service";
+import { InvoiceDocumentModel, InvoiceDocumentService, sameCompanyName } from "./invoice-document.service";
 
 const model = (over: Partial<InvoiceDocumentModel> = {}): InvoiceDocumentModel => ({
   kind: "INVOICE",
@@ -87,3 +87,38 @@ describe("InvoiceDocumentService.buildThermalHtml", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("right: 160px");
   });
 });
+
+describe("sameCompanyName", () => {
+  it("treats eTrade's legal-suffix spellings as the same name", () => {
+    expect(sameCompanyName("ABIJOEL PLC", "ABIJOEL P L C")).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      sameCompanyName(
+        "WISH TRADING PLC",
+        "WISH  TRADING  PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      sameCompanyName("TUTA TRADING PLC", "TUTA TRADING ONE MEMBER PLC"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a genuinely different trade name distinct", () => {
+    // Real pairs from eTrade: the licence trades under a different name than
+    // the company registered under, which is exactly the row worth printing.
+    expect(
+      sameCompanyName("Cozy Coffee Grower and Exporter", "ABIJOEL P L C"),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(sameCompanyName("MENNA PRODUCTION", "ICOFFEE TRADING PLC")).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(
+      sameCompanyName("YUNABEK TRADING PLC", "YUNABEK INVESTMENT PLC"),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is false when either side is missing, so no row is printed", () => {
+    expect(sameCompanyName("", "ABIJOEL P L C")).toBe(false);
+    expect(sameCompanyName(null, null)).toBe(false);
+    expect(sameCompanyName("ABIJOEL P L C", undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.ts
index 0f8e4ee71..78cea01b6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/billing/documents/invoice-document.service.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,34 @@ function formatDate(value: unknown): string {
   return value ? new Date(value as string | Date).toLocaleDateString("en-GB") : "-";
 }
 
+/**
+ * Is this trade name just the company name again?
+ *
+ * Compared loosely on purpose: eTrade spells the same legal suffix as "PLC",
+ * "P L C" and "PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY", and pads names with double spaces, so
+ * an exact comparison would call two spellings of one name different and print
+ * a redundant row. Used only to decide whether a trade-name row is worth
+ * showing — never to decide that two businesses ARE the same.
+ */
+export function sameCompanyName(
+  a: string | null | undefined,
+  b: string | null | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  const norm = (v: string | null | undefined) =>
+    (v ?? "")
+      .toUpperCase()
+      .replace(/[.,]/g, "")
+      .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/\bPRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY\b/g, "PLC")
+      .replace(/\bP L C\b/g, "PLC")
+      .replace(/\bONE (MEMBER|PERSON) PLC\b/g, "PLC")
+      .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+      .trim();
+  const left = norm(a);
+  return left !== "" && left === norm(b);
+}
+
 /** One billed line on the document (charge type / fee type agnostic). */
 export interface InvoiceDocumentLine {
   description: string | null;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-invoice.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-invoice.service.ts
index 558ffc1a9..e29eba2c2 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-invoice.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/warehouses/warehouse-invoice.service.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { InvoiceLine } from "../billing/entities/invoice-line.entity";
 import { PayInvoiceDto as GatewayPayInvoiceDto } from "../billing/dto/pay-invoice.dto";
 import {
   InvoiceDocumentModel,
+  sameCompanyName,
   InvoiceDocumentService,
 } from "../billing/documents/invoice-document.service";
 import { NotificationsService } from "../notifications/notifications.service";
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ const ACTIVE_STATUSES: Freight.InvoiceStatus[] = [
 export interface InvoiceDocumentDetails {
   bookingReference: string | null;
   customerName: string | null;
+  /**
+   * Trade name of the eTrade licence the billed company profile operates as.
+   * Null when nothing is attached, or for a company with no eTrade record.
+   */
+  customerTradeName: string | null;
   inventoryReference: string | null;
   inventoryInfo: string | null;
   inventoryStatus: string | null;
@@ -745,6 +751,17 @@ export class WarehouseInvoiceService {
         },
         { label: "Booking reference", value: invoice.bookingReference ?? null },
         { label: "Customer", value: invoice.customerName ?? null },
+        // Which of the TIN's eTrade businesses was billed. Omitted when it just
+        // repeats the customer name — see sameCompanyName.
+        ...(invoice.customerTradeName &&
+          !sameCompanyName(invoice.customerTradeName, invoice.customerName)
+          ? [
+            {
+              label: "Customer trade name",
+              value: invoice.customerTradeName,
+            },
+          ]
+          : []),
         {
           label: "Inventory reference",
           value: invoice.inventoryReference ?? null,
@@ -795,6 +812,7 @@ export class WarehouseInvoiceService {
     const [row] = await this.dataSource.query(
       `SELECT b.reference AS "bookingReference",
               company.name AS "customerName",
+              cp.etrade_business->>'tradeName' AS "customerTradeName",
               COALESCE(inv.release_order_reference, b.reference) AS "inventoryReference",
               inv.status AS "inventoryStatus",
               inv.release_date AS "releaseDate",
@@ -812,6 +830,7 @@ export class WarehouseInvoiceService {
          FROM freight.warehouse_inventory inv
          LEFT JOIN freight.bookings b ON b.id = inv.booking_id AND b.deleted_at IS NULL
          LEFT JOIN freight.companies company ON company.id = b.company_id
+         LEFT JOIN freight.company_profiles cp ON cp.id = b.company_profile_id AND cp.deleted_at IS NULL
          LEFT JOIN freight.containers container ON container.id = inv.container_id AND container.deleted_at IS NULL
          LEFT JOIN freight.booking_container booking_container ON (
            booking_container.booking_id = b.id
@@ -837,6 +856,7 @@ export class WarehouseInvoiceService {
     return {
       bookingReference: row?.bookingReference ?? null,
       customerName: row?.customerName ?? null,
+      customerTradeName: row?.customerTradeName ?? null,
       inventoryReference: row?.inventoryReference ?? null,
       inventoryInfo: row?.inventoryInfo ?? null,
       inventoryStatus: row?.inventoryStatus ?? null,