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.
“BBTOP”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Land surveying · Ganshoren · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Bicarbonate et Topinambour · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BO BUILD & CO · Land surveying · Gent · since 2005
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sprimont · since 2015
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brecht · since 1991
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Abbreviation of BRABANT ELECTRONICS · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Bontrup België Trading · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Maaseik · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Balance Bouldering Team · Activities of other sports clubs · Gent · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Waasmunster · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BUSYBEE TECH · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BBT Security · General electrical installation work · Avelgem · since 2004