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.
“Budev BV”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Halfweg · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Halle · since 1968
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Abbreviation of LES ASSURANCES OTLET · Insurance agents and brokers · Genappe · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Moorslede · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2021
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Waasmunster · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of LEGALWISE · Activities of lawyers · Lievegem · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Waregem · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY · Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2004
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Beauraing · since 2025
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since 2009