Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ACTUEL MEMORY”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

ACTUEL MEMORY same name

Evere · since 1990
ACTUEL (sole trader) very similar

Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1993
ACTUEL (sole trader) very similar

Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
ACTUEL (sole trader) very similar

Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1989
Memory very similar

Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · Diepenbeek · since 1982
Memory very similar

Turnhout · since 1995
MEMORY (sole trader) very similar

Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023

Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

ACTUELL similar

Abbreviation of WINSOL ACTUELL · Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Izegem · since 1992
Actuel B similar

Name of an establishment of WOLF QUALITY & LUXURY · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Nieuwpoort · since 2020

Next steps

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