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.
“CARTE PROF”
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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Chaudfontaine · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CELLULE D'ACCELERATION POUR LA REMISE AU TRAVAIL ET POUR L'EMPLOI · Elsene · since 1986
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Garage Baziel Van Hoye · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1976
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Other personal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of SHARING BIG · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lasne · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of CARTEL EN ACTION · Finishing of textiles · Durbuy · since 2018
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Finishing of textiles · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2019
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Roubaix · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of WIMPAT · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
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Vocational training · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 1945