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.
“Begijn”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Verviers · since 2021
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since 1994
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2021
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1993
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Activities of lawyers · Diepenbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET DE GESTION IMMOBILIERE ET MOBILIERE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Nivelles · since 1987
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Oosterzele · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herselt · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2020
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Evere · since 1991
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Abbreviation of BEGIMA web services · Web portal activities · Brussel · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2013
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Turnhout · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Stad Turnhout · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Turnhout · since 1958
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Name of an establishment of BENU · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wavre · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of L'UNIQUE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Begijnhovennetwerk - Platform voor Begijnhoven · Turnhout · since 2026