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.
“COMDEX”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative Commerciale d'Exploitation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1977
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Trade name of F.V. DE GROOF'S IN- EN UITKLARINGSBEDRIJF B.V. · Logistics services · Hansweert · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 1998
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1999
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Computer programming · Putte · since 2020
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1963
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Groothandel in werkkleding · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Mechelen · since 1956
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of POLITIEZONE : ANDERLECHT - SINT-GILLIS - VORST · Lokale Politie · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Bonheiden · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Diksmuide · since 2012
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ciney · since 2023
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Risk and damage evaluation · Gerpinnes · since 2023