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.
“BENCHAIM”
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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Antwerpen · since 1990
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Sprimont · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Trade name of Codens · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Houthulst · since 2013
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Employment placement agencies · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2022
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Plastering work · since 2015
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since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Andenne · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BRUYNS EN CHRISTIAENSEN · Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of BEDRIJFSADVIES EN CONSULTANCY · Other tax advisory services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Geel · since 2014
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Blankenberge · since 1994