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.
“ADEQUATE ADVICE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brugge · since 1989
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Combined facilities support activities · Brussel · since 2001
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Employment placement agencies · Ardooie · since 1994
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Advertising agencies
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Other information service activities · Mechelen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ADV CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 2007
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Geraardsbergen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building finishing work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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NEUILLY SUR SEINE · since 2015
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Other business support services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1987
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Photography, excluding press photography · Liège · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ADEQUA DESIGN · Landscape service activities · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2022
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 2011