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.
“Bilson”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of SALIX · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brussel · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Beloeil · since 1996
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Computer programming · Holsbeek · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of IPOFA · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Aywaille · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Kortrijk · since 2020
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Walhain · since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Meerhout · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Pelt · since 2025
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BUILDING INTELLIGENT LIFESCIENCE SOLUTIONS · Business and other management consultancy · Niel · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Brussel · since 1990
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2022