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.
“BE CACTUS”
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.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Herstal · since 2000
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Alfabetiseringsprogramma's ten behoeve van volwassenen · Anderlecht · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of TARZOUMM · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · since 1989
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Deinze · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of CONCEPT DISTRIBUTION · Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Waterloo · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of CACTUS MGMT Group · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 1969
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Bertrange · since 2005
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of flowers · Westerlo · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · Wetteren · since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laarne · since 2018
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PARIS · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDE CAMMARATA · Machining of metals · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990
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Risk and damage evaluation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Belgian Cockpit Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Evere · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Ardooie · since 2007
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Construction of roads and motorways · Bree · since 2025
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Wavre · since 2000
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Abbreviation of BELGO-EUROPEAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION · Brussel · since 1986