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.
“Cesar, Luc”
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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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Insulation installation · Genappe · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Centre européen d'Aide aux Initiatives économiques rurales · Houyet · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Haacht · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of CESAR-Neder · Cafés and bars · Evere · since 2014
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 2023
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Juprelle · since 2007
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Cultural education · Tervuren · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BACCS · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Brussel · since 2001
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Freight transport by road · Zele · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Zemst · since 2022