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.
“BOUMAL”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Willebroek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2004
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Rixensart · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HALU · Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2013
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Other business support services · since 2022
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Genk · since 1984
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Gulpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Diest · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2017
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Activities of notaries · Aarschot · since 2012
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since 1984
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Abbreviation of UNION MEDICALE ATH-LESSINES · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ath · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2012