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.
“BRIAR”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other construction installation · Zaventem · since 2000
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Mixed farming · Gembloux · since 1990
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ronse · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 1993
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Oostende · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Diest · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Lichtervelde · since 2007
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Elsene · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1991
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Demolition · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Enghien · since 2001
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2018
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BARLOW RETAIL INVEST · Elsene · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lille · since 2002
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Vorst · since 2011
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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since 2022
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2001