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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Centre de Contact Information Reflexion et Action Culturels · Brussel · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Centre International de rencontres et d'Actions Culturelles · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Rendeux · since 1961
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wommelgem · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CITE DES RACHETES · Brussel · since 2022
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2019
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since 2006
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since 2022
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pennes Mireaubeau · since 1998
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VITROLLES · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Laarne · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Information et de Réflexion sur l'Animation · Elsene · since 2009
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2023
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Insulation installation · Willebroek · since 2023
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Diepenbeek · since 2015