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.
“BUNIM”
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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Gent · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Beernem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Aartselaar · since 1990
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Other legal services · Waterloo · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Overijse · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Aubel · since 1992
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Land surveying · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2019
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Computer programming · Beyne-Heusay · since 2022
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Waregem · since 1981
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Literary creation · Lichtervelde · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EnisRu · Other postal and courier activities · Huy · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Asia LC Group · Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MYKSS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zoersel · since 2012