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.
“BEXPO”
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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other food products · Halle · since 1991
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van koord, bindgaren, touw en netten · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Begeleiding Sport en Ontspanning · Other sports activities · De Haan · since 1995
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Land surveying · Evere · since 2001
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Coating of metals · Kortemark · since 2021
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Brussel · since 2026
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Hasselt · since 1987
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Abbreviation of BOOSTER - EXPRESS · Freight transport by road · Willebroek · since 1995
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EXPERTISES NICOLAI ET ASSOCIES · Risk and damage evaluation · Wavre · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2001
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Meise · since 1985
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Freight transport by road · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1994
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Groothandel in sanitair · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Londerzeel · since 1975
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Londerzeel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Jeugdhuis Expo · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of GEERIT · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2008
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · since 1996
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Tubize · since 2008