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.
“BASF AB”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · GÖTEBORG · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Fédération Belge de Sambo Amateur et Disciplines Associées · Operation of sports facilities · Le Roeulx · since 2016
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · KOPENHAGEN · since 2020
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Ludwigshafen · since 1971
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Ludwigshafen · since 2021
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São Paulo · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Belgische Asbest Laboratoria · Brussel · since 1994
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Removal services · Asse · since 2025
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van deegwaren · Mons · since 2021