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.
“AUSTIM”
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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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aalter · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of AUSTIS TOITURES · Roofing work · Aywaille · since 1999
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2002
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Real estate agency activities · Pittem · since 2018
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 2019
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Namur · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Oostende · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Other building finishing work · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Staden · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Roeselare · since 2009
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · since 2017