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.
“BOPAME”
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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Aubel · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Damme · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Aalter · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Bruno Otten Press Associates · News agency activities · Herentals · since 1997
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Stekene · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ninove · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Büllingen · since 2010
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 1996
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2009