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.
“A DOUBLE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wichelen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of SALOME · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Neupré · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2002
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Wholesale of live animals · Ichtegem · since 2018
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Koekelberg · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2020
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EINDHOVEN · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of DVMAX · Media representation · Brussel · since 2016
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Rixensart · since 1996
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Sound recording · Brussel · since 2015
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2008