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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other financial services · Gent · since 2001
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Vorst · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2009
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM UYGHUR YOUTH UNION · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Aartselaar · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Boost up your sales · Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Ternat · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 2003
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since 1991
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Blankenberge · since 1984
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Joinery installation · Wetteren · since 1986
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Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Rent 2 Work · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Eeklo · since 2015
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Development of non-residential building projects · Wingene · since 2018
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 2011
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Mixed farming · Zonnebeke · since 2011
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Other postal and courier activities · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ÖZEL OKAY DESIGN · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zele · since 2007
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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