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.
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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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Zoutleeuw · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Coopération Recherche et Animation du Brabant Wallon de l'Est · Gemeentelijk gesubsidieerd gewoon technisch en beroepssecundair onderwijs · Jodoigne · since 1976
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Abbreviation of CENTRALE DE RENTING ET D'ACHAT BENELUX · since 2002
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Cerfontaine · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE KRING DER VERZEKERAARS VAN BELGIE · Brussel · since 1997
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Youth work associations · Sainte-Ode · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of The Craft Beer Company · Manufacture of beer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · Oostkamp · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Compensation Reward And Benefits On Site · Public relations and communication consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2017
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de aardolie- en aardgaswinning · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Association belge des Experts-Associatie van Belgische experten · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ukkel · since 1952