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.
“BUGO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Fitness centres · Genk · since 1999
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belgian Users Group HP-Technical Computers · Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Bottom Up Games · Computer programming · Ukkel · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · Willebroek · since 2010
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Westerlo · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 1985
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2015
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2001
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 1994
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Liège · since 2000
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Kluisbergen · since 1985