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-ABLE”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Other membership organisations · Bertem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Beamable.org · Vocational training · Oudergem · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Committee of European Accredited Bodies & Laboratories in Electro-technics · Zaventem · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of MOLTOPIXIE · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Boortmeerbeek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of BEAGLE ASBL · Elsene · since 2026
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1996
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brussel · since 2023