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.
“BEARS ESTATES”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN EXPATRIATE AND RELOCATION SERVICES · Jette · since 1997
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · since 2012
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Overijse · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Oud-Turnhout · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Rijkevorsel · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortenberg · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zele · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2016
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vorst · since 2024