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.
“2 SPECIAL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2010
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Charleroi · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 1989
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Keerbergen · since 2021
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of BIKE SPECIAL VOF · Retail sale of bicycles · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société Parisienne d'Expansion Chimique · Paris 8e · since 1952