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.
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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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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ORLEANS · since 2011
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van de Belgische Industriehoutverbruikers-Union Prof. des Utilisateurs Belges de Bois d'Industrie · Geraardsbergen · since 1970
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Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Brugse Internationale Vleesmarkt · Wholesale of live animals · Brugge · since 1986
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE IRAKESE VERENIGING · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BATAILLE IBENS VANDER ELST · Activities of interior architects · Hoeilaart · since 1986
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Halen · since 1991
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Abbreviation of BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL ARTS · Brussel · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Detailhandel in boeken · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kaprijke · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bourse Immobilière Visétoise · Liège · since 1968
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since 1976