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.
“CONTEXPORT”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1990
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Activities of interior architects · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Maaseik · since 1983
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Evergem · since 1987
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Geel · since 1996
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2005
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Computer programming · Oostende · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2024
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1988
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1996
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Machine World Hub · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Ternat · since 2019
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1998
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1991
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Illinois · since 1988
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1991
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Somme-Leuze · since 1993
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Ans · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2015
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Brugge · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Moorslede · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of I.C.K. · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of HUGO · Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 1996
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Elsene · since 1986
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Ukkel · since 1984
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Waterloo · since 1986