Is your company name still free?
Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.
“AstraZeneca”
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.
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Same or very similar names
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Dilbeek · since 1948
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · CAMBRIDGE · since 2000
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · SOEDERTAELJE · since 2011
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Dilbeek · since 1994
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · WILMINGTON · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · DUNKERQUE · since 2015
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other business support services · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Other financial services · Deerlijk · since 2025
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.