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.
“BISCHOFF”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Eupen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of GFS Secondaire Bischoffsheim · Brussel · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Essen · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Plombières · since 1991
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Other business support services · since 2024
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LUDINGHAUSEN · since 1997
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Elsbethen-Glasenbach · since 2016
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AACHEN · since 2026
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Kelmis · since 1968
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 1973
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2019
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Abbreviation of TELEGA · Public relations and communication consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION · Market research and public opinion polling · Maasmechelen · since 1991
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS INTERSERVICE CENTER · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2012
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Ieper · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2019