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.
“BUM”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2010
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Employment placement agencies · Gavere · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · De Haan · since 2025
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Office administrative and support services · Ferrières · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · since 1981
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2015
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Raising of horses and other equines · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Pelt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BUMI POUR LES ENFANTS DE LA RDC · Ukkel · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Buyck Maritieme Metaalbouw · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Eeklo · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of HALU · Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Wetteren · since 2019
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Lasne · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2011
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Oudenburg · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Herentals · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM UNITED · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Willebroek · since 2011
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Rotselaar · since 2008
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Sambreville · since 1973
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Schaarbeek · since 1983