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.
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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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Herentals · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Genk · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Frameries · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Temse · since 2021
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2021
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ZUMIKON · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Kontich · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1980
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Waterloo · since 1983
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Computer programming · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Kapellen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of ADVANCED VENTURES · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Seraing · since 1998
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Other specialised design activities · since 2023
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Harrow HA 1 - 1BQ · since 1994
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Waterloo · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2026
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Wholesale of other household goods · Evere · since 2020