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.
“AUDISE”
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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'information de la Correction auditive - Informatiebureau voor Gehoorkorrektie · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Leopoldsburg · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2012
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2013
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Ukkel · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · INGOLSTADT · since 2005
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Rixensart · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 1985
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Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Mechelen · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Assesse · since 2005
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since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Neufchâteau · since 2021
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Gent · since 1981
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Physiotherapy · since 2021
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Leuven · since 2017
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Activities of company auditors · Oosterzele · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Assesse · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
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Literary creation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Sound recording · Ranst · since 2020
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2022
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · Bastogne · since 2024
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Computer programming · Dendermonde · since 2026
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Roeselare · since 1955