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.
“BENMAN”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Warehousing and storage · Brecht · since 1954
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2013
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rumst · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Benkan Belgie vzw · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2010
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since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Ledegem · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Genk · since 1991
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Other tax advisory services · Brussel · since 1999
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Lievegem · since 1989
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Waarschoot · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1989
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Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Kortenberg · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2020
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Roofing work · Genk · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2014