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.
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of VAVO · Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Kalmthout · since 1978
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Hasselt · since 1985
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Trade name of LPR INVEST · Manufacture of outerwear · Erpe-Mere · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Wevelgem · since 1985
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Putte · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ACCENT Jobs For People · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Roeselare · since 1995
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Abbreviation of HANEFSTINGELS - ACCENT · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Herentals · since 1995
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1979
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of ACCENT CONSTRUCT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Roeselare · since 2007