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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Paris · since 1979
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Ieper · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ALRO · Coating of metals · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1989
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Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ASSIST P.C. · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Fleurus · since 1997
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Association intercommunale des Immondices de la Région du Centre · La Louvière · since 1956
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE TRUYAUTERIE ET CHAUDRONNERIE · Herin · since 1983
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Leuven · since 1987
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Development of residential building projects · Asse · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANI A BRUXELLES · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Liedekerke · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ASSEC-IT · Business and other management consultancy · Walcourt · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Cafés and bars · Overijse · since 2023