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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“August Inn”

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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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

15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • August Inn same name
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • AUGUSTINE very similar
    Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Mortsel · since 2001
  • AUGUSTINS very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Pajottegem · since 2021
  • AUGUSTINS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2025
  • AUGUSTINUS very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
  • AUGUSTINUS very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Moorslede · since 1999
  • AUGUSTINUS very similar
    Name of an establishment of AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen-Antwerpen) · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2001
  • August very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2021
  • August (sole trader) very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
  • August very similar
    Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • AUGUST very similar
    Kortrijk · since 2023
  • august very similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lasne · since 2007
  • August very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • AUGUSTIEN (sole trader) very similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2015
  • Augustijn very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Kortenberg · since 2020
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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