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.
“BRAINFOREST”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of interior architects · Erpe-Mere · since 2020
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Detailhandel in boeken · Essen · since 2020
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Event catering · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 1982
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BRAINOISE D'INVESTISSEMENTS · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1987
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Keerbergen · since 2000
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Logging · Bouillon · since 2014
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Lievegem · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 1998
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Essen · since 1990
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Lebbeke · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008