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.
“BRIEMAT”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Maaseik · since 1993
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Seraing · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Seraing · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of BATI HOME CENTER NIVELLES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Bétons et Matériaux · General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 1923
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Other social work without accommodation · Oostende · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2018
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Erpe-Mere · since 2022
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2012
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Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Vocational training · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Bitter Melon SN · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Zemst · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025