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.
“Bofort”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Ranst · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2000
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Logging · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Zemst · since 1968
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Liège · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN OLDTIMERS RACING TEAM · Wavre · since 2024
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Manufacture of other wood products · Turnhout · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Zottegem · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 1950
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Bergerac · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MARKUS FORT · Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Hove · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 2010