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.
“CATENUS”
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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Pre-press and pre-media services · Elsene · since 2004
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2003
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Hemiksem · since 1995
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Brussel · since 2002
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lede · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Coöperatief van Aankoop voor Radiohandelaars, Techniekers en Elektriekers · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Center for Advanced Technical Education · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
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De Haan · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Compagnie à toute épreuve · Brussel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Damme · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Bièvre · since 2019
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Koekelare · since 1996
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Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Wateringen · since 2009