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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Ganshoren · since 1965
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
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Non-specialised wholesale trade
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Gent · since 2015
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Maasmechelen · since 2016
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Visual arts creation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Linter · since 2006
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Abbreviation of CONCEPT CONSULTING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1983
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of PB FASHION · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Liège · since 1995
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Beauvechain · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Waremme · since 2002
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Esch-sur-Alzette · since 2018
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Forging of metal · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Neupré · since 2019
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Groothandel in schoeisel · La Louvière · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Malmedy · since 2020
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2009
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Koekelberg · since 2006
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CHOCOLAT LOMMEL · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Lommel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · Lille · since 2006
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Diest · since 2004