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.
“ABRACUS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1987
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Trade name of DNCon · Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2012
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association Belge Regroupant les auteur ice-s créateur ice-s d'animation · Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VOOR HULP EN INFORMATIE AAN PORTUGEES SPREKENDE MIGRANTEN DIE ZICH IN EEN IRREGULIERE OF PRECAIRE SITUATIE BEVINDEN · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Nivelles · since 1982
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Hoegaarden · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other business support services · Overijse · since 2001
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Schoten · since 2004
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2017
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Insulation installation · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2026
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 1994
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1971
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General construction of residential buildings · Temse · since 1992
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 1992
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since 2013