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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.

“BART CLAESSENS”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BART CLAESSENS same name
    Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • Bar Claessens very similar
    Name of an establishment of Pellazgian.AL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2015
  • Claessens very similar
    Name of an establishment of Etablissementen V.A. Claessens · Weven van textiel · Waregem · since 1959
  • Claessens (sole trader) very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2015
  • Claessens very similar
    Name of an establishment of Maatschap Claessens · Vermogensbeheer · Eeklo · since 2014
  • Claessens very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • Claessens very similar
    Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 2021
  • Claessens (sole trader) very similar
    Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · since 2006
  • CLAESSENS (sole trader) very similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2007
  • Claessens, Bart (sole trader) very similar
    since 1993
  • Claessens, Bart (sole trader) very similar
    since 2004
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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