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.
“BRITANNIA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ROLLIN VANMEERHAEGHE FORMULA RACING · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Northfleet · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of LUGANO · Hotels and similar accommodation · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 1961
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zwevegem · since 1989
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 2007
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Newbury, Berkshire · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 1968
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1985
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Taunusstein · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Brit Europe · since 2007
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Other information technology and computer services · Antwerpen · since 2025