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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Izegem · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Nivelles · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2006
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Web portal activities · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ternat · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Verviers · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Waregem · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Hove · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Wingene · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Bredene · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Groupe opérationnel de Recherche, de Documentation et d'Etudes sur la Science - G.O.R.D.E.S. · Elsene · since 1982
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Other sports activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2017
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Research and development on biotechnology · Jabbeke · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of arobase.design · Manufacture of outerwear · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2011
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Mixed farming · Comines-Warneton · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Other social work without accommodation · Lubbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2019