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.
“CAPERTINO”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Hamont-Achel · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heusden-Zolder · since 2009
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zemst · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Kot Certino · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2010
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Courcelles · since 1987
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Retail sale of bicycles · Wevelgem · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HOUTBLAZERSENSEMBLE CONCERTINO · Riemst · since 1998
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Visé · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Accueil pour l'Enfant · Day nurseries and crèches · Nivelles · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Accueil Les Canaillous · Liège · since 1985