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.
“BEFICA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · De Panne · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schaarbeek · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Deerlijk · since 1981
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Baggerwerken · Vorselaar · since 1983
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Other business support services · Lanaken · since 1995
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Turnhout · since 2000
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Other business support services · Stabroek · since 2019
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2012
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Fosses-la-Ville · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1979
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Fitness centres · Aalter · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SSM WUST-LIXON RENOWATT · Other specialised construction activities · Thimister-Clermont · since 2023
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 2010
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Fitness centres · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Alken · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Anzegem · since 2019
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Ledegem · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Herve · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Fica Textiel · Nijverdal · since 1980
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Deinze · since 1983
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Leuven · since 2013