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.
“BENKI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2021
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Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 2013
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · La Bruyère · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lokeren · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Benkan Belgie vzw · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of OUJDIA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Blue Eagle Nivelles · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Nivelles · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Asse · since 2023
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2008
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Manufacture of outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 2006
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Putte · since 2008
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Evere · since 2011