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.
“BECKBOX”
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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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Limbourg · since 2004
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BEDRIJFSECONOMISCH CONSULTATIEKANTOOR · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Eeklo · since 1986
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Brecht · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 2011
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Herstal · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Limbourg · since 2025
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Computer programming · Laakdal · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · La Bruyère · since 2018
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of VC TRANS · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Genk · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1979