Is your company name still free?
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“Blomme, Patsy”
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.
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Same or very similar names
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Erpe-Mere · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2019
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Boom · since 1988
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.