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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Machining of metals · Tremelo · since 1999
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2016
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Brakel · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Erpe-Mere · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Wet Wheels · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of ARCHDEACONRY OF NORTH WEST EUROPE · Elsene · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Geel · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roeselare · since 2021
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's-Gravenhage · since 2015
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Floor and wall tiling · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lokeren · since 2023
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since 2004