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.
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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2017
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Fleurus · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2015
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CODEVI · Full-service restaurants · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1992
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Hasselt · since 1995
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Mixed farming · Sint-Truiden · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Begijnendijk · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Beringen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Beleggings en Immobilienkantoor · Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 1935
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Haaltert · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Waterloo · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Beleggings- en Investeringsmaatschappij Agem · Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 1985
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Luxembourg 1143 · since 1992
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Freight transport by road · Ukkel · since 2013
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Ranst · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sankt Vith · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · since 2004
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Activities of bailiffs · Herentals · since 2004
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zwevegem · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Kasterlee · since 2017