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.
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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Laarne · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Waterloo · since 1996
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Sound recording · Vorst · since 2023
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN OPTICAL SUPPLY · Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Kuurne · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Bond Onze Scholen · Blankenberge · since 1968
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Mijdrecht · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BETTER OFFICE SUPPLIES · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Breda · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Bejegenings-en OntwikkelingsSpectrum · Other social work without accommodation · Oosterzele · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Beratimmo · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1993
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS OFFICE SUPPLY · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sombreffe · since 1997
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Abbreviation of BED ONTBIJT & SCHILDERWERKEN · Painting of buildings · Pelt · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BASED ON STAGE · Gent · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DE BOUVER PIETER-JAN · Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Billie On Stage · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BEYOND OUR SENSES · Performing arts by independent artists · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BROTHERS OF SOLIDARITY · Ronse · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · Aarschot · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of @VS · Business and other management consultancy · Awans · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Back Office Solutions · Office administrative and support services · Esneux · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Walhain · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE OPVOEDENDE SEMINARIES · Overijse · since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Maasmechelen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Brusselse Opvang en Samenkomst Omtrent het Jonge Kind · Brussel · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · since 2024
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Lasne · since 2010
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 1976
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Abbreviation of boom 2 · Kruisem · since 2016
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WINDHOF · since 2006
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since 2011
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Enghien · since 2005
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Meppel · since 2003
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Felies · Day nurseries and crèches · Schaarbeek · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of FV Droombos · Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2008
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Haaltert · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Oudsbergen · since 2009
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Kortenberg · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgian Offshore Supply · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Abbreviation of BEGELEIDING, ONDERSTEUNING EN ONDERZOEK IN MANAGEMENTTECHNIEKEN · Herk-de-Stad · since 1998