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.
“AUPI”
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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Putte · since 2013
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES UNIONS DE PHARMACIENS · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Urban Projects · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Association des Amis de l'Aumônerie universitaire protestante du congo · Liège · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Association Uana Pour Les Arts · Tervuren · since 2018
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Ternat · since 1992
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of DE BUCK AU PINGOUIN · Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 1983
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Sports and recreation education · Gembloux · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1982
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1999
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of LAMAN · Retail sale of household furniture · Neupré · since 1999
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waterloo · since 2012