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.
“Benuts”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · La Hulpe · since 2011
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53119 KOLN · since 2017
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Sankt Vith · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of FISKA · Other retail sale of new goods · Charleroi · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of NUTS 44 · Full-service restaurants · Bastogne · since 2011
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Zoutleeuw · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Stekene · since 2023
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2013
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2015
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wavre · since 1989
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Opwijk · since 2008
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Brussel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of UNION MARIA · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of HECTORY · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2021
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Chaudfontaine · since 2015