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.
“Bee Authentic”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2010
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Abbreviation of AUTHENTIC VISUAL COMMUNICATION · Pre-press and pre-media services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Overige accommodatie · Torhout · since 2015
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Psychology services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2023
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2002
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Assenede · since 2018
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Activities of notaries · Wemmel · since 2021
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Tourist information services · Gent · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Tienen · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zaventem · since 2010
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Trade name of JILL & BRICK · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026