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.
“BIFACE”
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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Performing arts by independent artists · Genappe · since 1994
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BIODIVERSITY ASSESMENT, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Neupré · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION FOR ACTIONS COUNTERING EXCLUSION IN BRUSSELS · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · since 2022
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Temse · since 2011
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION DES ASSOCIATIONS DE CHASSE ET CONSERVATION DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Brussel · since 1978
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Boom · since 1992
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION OF ALUMINIUM CONSUMERS IN EUROPE · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of SOVIET BLOEM · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Fleurus · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021