Strange permalink issue: can’t rename /company-2/ to /company/

Check the slugs of the other pages – chances are /company/ is being used for one of those. You could also go to /company/ on your site and see if anything pulls up.

As mentioned in a comment, make sure to check the trash as well. You may have deleted a page with that name, but if it is still in the trash you can not reuse the name.

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