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.
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Dental practice · Boechout · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of JDSO FOOD · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Binche · since 2022
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Evergem · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Behandeling van gewassen na de oogst en van zaden voor vermeerdering · Bierbeek · since 2007
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Wholesale of timber · Elsene · since 1983
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Computer programming · Soignies · since 2024
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etude et Réalisations Industrielles · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1968
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Le Kremlin-Bicêtre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EXPERTISE RIGAUX · Land surveying · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jabbeke · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herk-de-Stad · since 1987
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Brugge · since 1988
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Other business support services · Lanaken · since 1995
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Plumbing work · Zwevegem · since 2013
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Bouw van rioleringen · Berlare · since 2017
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Roeselare · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Trade name of DICD · Afvalwaterafvoer · Soignies · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Awans · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Maaseik · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1989