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.
“COR 2000”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Aalst · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Damme · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1982
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Malmedy · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Eupen · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of THELEME · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1981