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.
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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Nursing and midwifery · Menen · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Centre de Diagnostic par Radioisotopes · Elsene · since 1979
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Elsene · since 1990
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Waregem · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2020
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Psychology services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lasne · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE FORMATION INTEGREE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Enghien · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen des Fabricants d'Inuline · Pecq · since 2015
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL EUROPEEN DE L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE - EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL · Market research and public opinion polling · Etterbeek · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Formations Immobilières · Vocational training · Wavre · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société de Conseil, d'Etudes de Financement et d'Investissement en Immobilier · Paris · since 1983
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2009