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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Tournai · since 2008
-
Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Kontich · since 2021
-
Machining of metals · Mons · since 1947
-
Vervaardiging van kantoormachines en -uitrusting (exclusief computers en randapparatuur) · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1984
-
Rebecq · since 1987
-
Abbreviation of Association des Moniteurs brabancons · Elsene · since 1992
-
Abbreviation of AUTO MOBILE BUSINESS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 1993
-
Abbreviation of ALGEMENE METAALBOUW · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 1996
-
General construction of residential buildings · Lichtervelde · since 2014
-
Abbreviation of Association de Minifootball de Belgique · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of Association Management Belgium · Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2018
-
Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
-
Name of an establishment of JLVDB & DB et Analyses et mesures biomédicales · Other technical testing and analysis · Linkebeek · since 2006
-
Roofing work · Lanaken · since 2007
-
Abbreviation of Against Malaria (Belgium) · Zaventem · since 2008
-
Abbreviation of AFRICAN MISSION BELGIUM · Antwerpen · since 2008
-
Abbreviation of ART MÉDIA BOX · Productie van televisiefilms · Gembloux · since 2024
-
Painting of buildings · since 2025
-
On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
-
Other printing · Kontich · since 1970
-
Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Arendonk · since 1989
-
Abbreviation of ABATTOIR ET MARCHE DE BASTOGNE · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 1995
-
Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Schiphol · since 1974
-
Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 1988
-
Abbreviation of A - UNIT, ONTWERPERS VOOR ARCHITECTUUR, INTERIEUR EN MEUBEL · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 1993
-
Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Anderlecht · since 2018
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Essen · since 2023
-
Leuven · since 2017