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.
“Abacus LTD”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1987
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Greater London · since 2010
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Trade name of DNCon · Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ABACU Solidarité Rwanda, asbl · Rixensart · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Lint · since 2005
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Gent · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of IR Vanhoutte · Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Huldenberg · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Bernissart · since 2007
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Employment placement agencies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ABACUS Taks Boekhouding Consulting · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wijnegem · since 2017
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2005
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Anderlecht · since 1975
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP BUSINESS AIRPORT CLUB INTERNATIONAL · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · since 1989
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2002
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BEDRIJFSADMINISTRATIE MET COMPUTER · Zedelgem · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of GURA · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Gent · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · Mouscron · since 2005
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St-Helier Jersey · since 1996