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.
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lierde · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1992
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Name of C.V.C.S. Invest & Construction · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Dilbeek · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leopoldsburg · since 2019
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Culture, Education et Développement pour la Corne de l'Afrique · Brussel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Centre d'entreprises et d'associations · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes dirigées et d'Aide pédagogique · Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Centre de Développement de l'Art chorégraphique · Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EXPERTISES CEDAL · Risk and damage evaluation · Waimes · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of EUROPEES COMITE VAN VERENIGINGEN VOOR ALGEMEEN BELANG · Brussel · since 1991
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Warehousing and storage · Flobecq · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ENTRAIDE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE AU CONGO · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDES ET D'ACTION POUR LA COHESION SOCIALE · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of CASCO (X) · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Abbreviation of cercle des amis du nde · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of L'AVENIR CAFE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Tubize · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CASCO VOF · Activities of building architects · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Napoli · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Le Cercle Européen Des Amis Du Maroc · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of WONINGBOUW VERMEULEN PETER · General construction of residential buildings · Lochristi · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION CULTURELLE D'ETUDE DE REFLEXION, DOCUMENTATION SOCIALE ET ECONOMIQUE POUR LES COMMUNAUTES FRANCOPHONE, GERMANOPHONE DE L'ARRONDISSEMENT VERVIERS · Verviers · since 1988