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.
“BRAHMS”
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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Boussu · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
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Construction of roads and motorways · Lebbeke · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Brams Bouwcultuur · General construction of residential buildings · Diepenbeek · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of REDRED · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2023
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
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Menen · since 1992
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Other technical testing and analysis · Ardooie · since 2006
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Huldenberg · since 2020
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2012
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Floreffe · since 1980
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2015