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.
“BCTVM”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-le-Château · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ciney · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Villers-la-Ville · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Business, Communications and Travel Assistance · Brussel · since 1983
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Laarne · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Bleyen Consulting & Trading · Freight transport by road · Pelt · since 1989
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Turnhout · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ASBL Basket Club Tintigny · Tintigny · since 1997
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS CHILDBIRTH TRUST · Other business support services · Elsene · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS CYCLING TEAM · Brussel · since 2018
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Trade name of BRUSSELS CITY TAXI · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Jette · since 2006
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN CAR TRADE · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Estaimpuis · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Baroudeurs Cycling Team · Jalhay · since 2024
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Computer programming · Sittard · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Soumagne · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Becoton · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Belgium Car Temploux · Namur · since 1982