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.
“COUPURE”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Land surveying · Gent · since 1995
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gent · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Turnhout · since 2012
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brugge · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Universiteit Gent · Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 1991
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2026
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Dental practice · since 2018
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Gent · since 1971
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Binche · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Houthulst · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1989