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.
“Befinco”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schaarbeek · since 1976
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 1995
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Other legal services · Brussel · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Other financial services · Dentergem · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Tervuren · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2011
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Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2024
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1979
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of SSM WUST-LIXON RENOWATT · Other specialised construction activities · Thimister-Clermont · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Deerlijk · since 1981
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Activiteiten van financieringskanalen · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 1980
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Other business support services · Buggenhout · since 1997
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Other information service activities · Opwijk · since 2014
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Nieuwpoort · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Logistics services · Bornem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of FINANCE AND CONSULTANCY · Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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Fitness centres · Aalter · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BONTINCK INVESTMENT AND CONSULTING · Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Halle · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ADFINCO · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kontich · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Fitness centres · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Alken · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation · Other research and development on natural sciences · Glabbeek · since 2008
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Zonhoven · since 1998
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Leuven · since 2013