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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“BUP”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BUP same name
    Other retail sale of new goods · Kortrijk · since 1989
  • B-up same name
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2015
  • BUP same name
    Abbreviation of BUILD-UP CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2024
  • BUPAX similar
    Physiotherapy · Sint-Truiden · since 1988
  • B.U.P.G.V similar
    Abbreviation of Belgische Unie van Podologen en gespecialiseerde voetverzorgers · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
  • BU similar
    Abbreviation of BELGIUM UNITED · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
  • B.U similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Willebroek · since 2011
  • Bu-V similar
    Wholesale of wines and spirits · Rotselaar · since 2008

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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