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.
“CBO LEX”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lasne · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Jurbise · since 2019
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Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Centre Public d’Action Sociale de Charleroi · Kippenkwekerijen · Charleroi · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Sint-Donatusinstellingen Merchtem · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Merchtem · since 1972
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Abbreviation of CLAYBO · Cruquius · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Coöperatie van Binnenvaart Ondernemers · Inland freight water transport · Schoten · since 1994
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Lanaken · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Core Business Office · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Huldenberg · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Bedrijfsontwikkeling en innovatie · Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2015