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.
“Brandsplus”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1995
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Brussel · since 2008
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2008
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Roofing work · Oudsbergen · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
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Demolition · Kapellen · since 2018
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Begijnendijk · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other printing · Zele · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Clubhouse2640 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Dynamic Gear · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Gent · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Aartselaar · since 2020
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Mortsel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of buiten/gewoon · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2026
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Etterbeek · since 1968