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.
“Btools”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Veurne · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Roosdaal · since 2002
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Jodoigne · since 2019
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Logistics services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 1989
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Herve · since 2011
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Rebecq · since 2007
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2018
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Wholesale of machine tools · Wavre · since 1994
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM MANAGEMENT CONDOMINIUM TOOLS · Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2010
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Manage · since 2007
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Wholesale of machine tools · Liège · since 2023
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Soumagne · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of G2 Bouw · Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2002
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2016