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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Wevelgem · since 1972
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Name of Genteq · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Center for Research, Education and Training in Emergency and Disaster Care · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Forging of metal · Alveringem · since 2003
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Dalhem · since 1991
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Computer programming · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1995
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Activities of lawyers · Jabbeke · since 2016
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Lanaken · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zelzate · since 2003
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre régional d'Education et de Services · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Mons · since 1973
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since 1985
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2015
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since 2022
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KESSEL · since 2023
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Abbreviation of COUTURE RESPONSABLE ET SOLIDAIRE · Manufacture of outerwear · Seraing · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Cercle Royal d'Escrime Tournaisien · Tournai · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · since 1995
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Antwerpen · since 2002