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.
“BOFace”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION DES ORGANISATIONS FAMILIALES DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE D'ASSURANCE POUR LE COMMERCE EXTERIEUR · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Bois-colombes · since 1994
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Performing arts by independent artists · Genappe · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION FOR ACTIONS COUNTERING EXCLUSION IN BRUSSELS · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2010
Names that resemble it 10 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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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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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
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · since 2020