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.
“Bronson”
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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Activities of holding companies · Stekene · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Huldenberg · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Bonheiden Rijmenam Onderneemt · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Production of cinema films · Boechout · since 2015
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Gent · since 1994
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1998
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Construction of roads and motorways · Damme · since 2023
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Son en Breugel · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oupeye · since 1985
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Ninove · since 1992
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2018
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since 2001
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2025
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Wholesale of other food products · Laakdal · since 2025
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Halle · since 2025