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.
“BIF”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES ASSOCIATIONS DE FAMILLES DE TRAUMATISES CRANIENS · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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Liège · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Boonen Interior & Fashion · Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Oostende · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BALLET INSTITUTE OF FLANDERS - BALLETINSTITUUT VAN VLAANDEREN · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Islamitische Federatie van België divisie Mol · Mol · since 1989
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BUREAU IMMOBILIER FINANCEMENT ET CONSTRUCTION · Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Birds Insemination and Fertilisation Station · Raising of other animals · Lanaken · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of bailiffs · Soumagne · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Belgische Interfederale Federatie Fitness en Body Building · Other sports activities · Westerlo · since 1966
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Temse · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Merchtem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BURO INTERNATIONAL · Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Tielt · since 1982
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Abbreviation of BELFORT INTERNATIONAL · Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Abbreviation of BREIN INSTITUUT · Other research and development on natural sciences · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oosterzele · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS INSPIRATION · Business and other management consultancy · Vorselaar · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Borghof Invest · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Ballet Irebero · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Boulevard infini · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ROQUETTE BELGIUM · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Elsene · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BEMANS · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brussel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of The Belgian International Factories Office · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1929