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.
“BELFRIM”
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.
-
Genève 1211 · since 1996
-
Abbreviation of BELGIAN RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1974
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Beernem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1995
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pont-à-Celles · since 2022
-
Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 1992
-
Growing of pome and stone fruits · Oud-Turnhout · since 1995
-
Other business support services · Schilde · since 1996
-
Raising of horses and other equines · Diest · since 2006
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006
-
Other business support services · Elsene · since 2019
-
Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Menen · since 2008
-
Abbreviation of Belgian Lung Foundation · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Anderlecht · since 2024
-
Sint-Truiden · since 1952
-
Abbreviation of Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1978
-
Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Hasselt · since 1998
-
Abbreviation of BELGISCH-FRANSE ONTWIKKELINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2019
-
General construction of other non-residential buildings · Kasterlee · since 2020
-
Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2009
-
Abbreviation of Beleggings en Immobilienkantoor · Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 1935
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jabbeke · since 1986
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kuurne · since 1988
-
Luxembourg 1143 · since 1992
-
Vocational training · Zaventem · since 2002
-
Development of residential building projects · Lokeren · since 2017
-
Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2023