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.
“BERSTO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Zottegem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of HJ Management · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Turnhout · since 1990
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Other specialised design activities · Pelt · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Duffel · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Malle · since 2003
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Belgian Respiratory Society · Activities of professional membership organisations · Anderlecht · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Wuustwezel · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2020
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Kortrijk · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herent · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Poperinge · since 2009
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zwevegem · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Temse · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Site preparation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001