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.
“BENS”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Westerlo · since 1961
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Name of an establishment of BEN'S AND CO · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Visé · since 1992
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Abbreviation of B en S PROJECTS · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Dilbeek · since 1997
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Mixed farming · Westerlo · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of PALEISREST · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of BNK CARS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2006
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Development of non-residential building projects · Kortemark · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 1971
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Geel · since 1990
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since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lommel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Linter · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Benso Asbl · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Fitness centres · Namur · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lille · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lint · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Hamont-Achel · since 1989
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Maaseik · since 2002
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Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants
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Graphic design and visual communication · Leuven · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Equestrian clubs · Vorselaar · since 2016
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Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Wasseiges · since 2019
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Blue Eagle Nivelles · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Nivelles · since 2021
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Verviers · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zaventem · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Other business support services · 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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Abbreviation of BOSLY ENDOCRINOLOGIE ET NUTRITION · Other research and development on natural sciences · Arlon · 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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Other construction installation · Zonnebeke · since 2006
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2023
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Vocational training · Ittre · since 2024
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Floor and wall tiling · Turnhout · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Nivelles · since 2023
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Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BenSy Reno · General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Freight transport by road · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018