Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
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An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Société Belge Etam · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Etterbeek · since 1928
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Abbreviation of 1, 2, 3...Polyglotte · Wavre · since 1998
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Abbreviation of 123 Construct · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Woningen 123 logements · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of CHIMAPLUS · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Ciney · since 2008
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DISTRAL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1996
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Antwerpen · Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 1929
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Name of an establishment of Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Stedelijk Onderwijs Antwerpen · Gemeentelijk gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of UN,DEUX,TROIS,QUATRE! · Cultural education · Profondeville · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of 66 EVENTS & MANAGEMENT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Almere · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Roeselare · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HV ENGINEERING · General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 2000
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 1996