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.
“BERFIL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Oudergem · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of VAN MINNEBRUGGEN en MEYVIS · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Brasschaat · since 1991
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Physiotherapy · Lievegem · since 2019
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2006
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Dilbeek · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of HARUN EXPRESS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Evere · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2009
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Jodoigne · since 1984