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.
“CACHEMIRE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1984
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General construction of residential buildings · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2023
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Elsene · since 1986
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of PRO-FIL DIFFUSION · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1991
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of EPICUREAN · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Turnhout · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of APOTHEEK DE FERM · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of I.C. · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brecht · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of GIELEN RETAIL · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Truiden · since 2015
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1985
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Interior design · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Insurance agents and brokers · Liège · since 2004
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Plastering work · Mortsel · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Abbreviation of CENTRALE D'ASSURANCES ET DE CREDITS DU HAINAUT · Insurance agents and brokers · La Louvière · since 1986
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Retie · since 1991