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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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castillejar · since 1999
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Other financial services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other construction installation · Floreffe · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Linkebeek · since 2022
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Plumbing work · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of L'Association laîque de Communautés éducatives · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1963
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Luxembourg · since 2016
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2004
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Insulation installation · Libin · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Auto Moto Club · Aubel · since 1952
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Abbreviation of ALBERT NYSSENS CORPORATION · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Edegem · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Eeklo · since 1987
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Abbreviation of AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRES · Johannesburg 2001 · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Amics Neerlandofons de Catalunya · Brussel · since 2018
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Name of NORD CHASSIS · Insulation installation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019
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Gieten van ijzer · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Art-Nine Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bredene · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1976
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Literary creation · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Ancenis St Géréon · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2024