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.
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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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Insurance agents and brokers · Peer · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Afrique du Sahara et Sabel · Aubange · since 1993
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Etablissements Barette et Cie · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Essen · since 2003
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Other printing · As · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of JG INVESTISSEMENTS · Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Elsene · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SOUL KITCHEN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of MARECHAL · Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · Herentals · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of C.Solutions · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Diepenbeek · since 2016