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.
“BENELUX PROCESS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Gent · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Elsene · since 1990
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SAFETY & SECURITY PROCEDURES · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Neupré · since 2010
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Morlanwelz · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of DRUKKERIJ EN UITGEVERIJ BLOK EN ZONEN - DIEREN · Other printing · Dieren · since 1993
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Lebbeke · since 1968
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Holsbeek · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Lokeren · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1972
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Dessel · since 1999
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Storten of permanent opslaan · Dessel · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Zaventem · since 2020