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.
“BIFO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of bailiffs · Soumagne · since 2011
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Abbreviation of The Belgian International Factories Office · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1929
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Sankt Vith · since 2000
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tremelo · since 2020
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Maasmechelen · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Maasmechelen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bi'Force dans en conditie · Roosdaal · since 2007
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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