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.
“BENIT”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1990
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2013
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Computer programming · Zemst · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2010
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Stekene · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Grobbendonk · since 2020
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Computer programming · Beyne-Heusay · since 2022
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since 2021
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Abbreviation of Belgian Knitwear Company · Etterbeek · since 1967
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Name of SHAYOL · Other technical testing and analysis · Waterloo · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2017
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 2018
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Other software publishing · Jette · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Landen · since 2011
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kraainem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Wevelgem · since 1994
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Other membership organisations · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kalmthout · since 2000
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2018
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Baarle-Hertog · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Bastogne · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BENICO VINS · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Rixensart · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zaventem · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2022
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Other business support services · Waterloo · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Manage · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Aubel · since 2010
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Brugge · since 2011
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2012
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DONCASTER · since 2005
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ROMBACH · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beauraing · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BE-NICE Carcleaning · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Berlaar · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017