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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Wingene · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of FONDS D'ASSAINISSEMENT DES SOLS DES STATIONS - SERVICE - BODEMSANERINGSFONDS VOOR BENZINESTATIONS · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Zaventem · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of De Visscherie · Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 1969
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Molsheim · since 1982
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Leopoldsburg · since 1986
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Fribourg · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of GASTON DERUDDER · Verwerking van thee en koffie · Brugge · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Naonanc · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2018
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Waregem · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Koksijde · since 2004
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Aalst · since 2008
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Zemst · since 1968
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Herenthout · since 1992
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Other business support services · Herent · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Oudergem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Best of Friends · Contract catering and other food service activities · Beernem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Barn Owl Farm asbl · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2015
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nijlen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of 'Opura'a o te Fare Arii no Raromata'i - Projets de la Maison Royale aux îles-sous-le-vent · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Deinze · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · since 2020