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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Broes”

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

37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Broesse similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Evergem · since 2019
  • BROERIES similar
    Advertising agencies · Wielsbeke · since 2016
  • Brun Croes similar
    Uitgeven van computerspellen · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • BROEKX similar
    Support activities for crop production · Bree · since 1997
  • BROEKX similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Genk · since 2000
  • Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2000
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
  • Broeve similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2023
  • Broel 6 similar
    Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2024
  • BROENZ similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lommel · since 2025
  • Freight transport by road · since 2026
  • B.R.O. similar
    Abbreviation of Brussels Races Organisation · Schaarbeek · since 1977
  • BRO similar
    Name of an establishment of STUDIE - EN EXPERTISE - BUREAU M. SCHOUKENS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
  • BRO similar
    Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2023
  • BRO similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grimbergen · since 2008
  • Bro similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 2025
  • BROECKX similar
    Abbreviation of BROECKX INDUSTRIES · General construction of residential buildings · Zandhoven · since 1998
  • BroerBroer similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
  • BROECKX similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 2012
  • Broecks similar
    Demolition · Wuustwezel · since 2024

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