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.
“Chipco”
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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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of ALM Event · Cafés and bars · Ath · since 2023
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Liège · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Nijlen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Ghislain · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PLOUVIER GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of CORSTIAENS · Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ENVIN · Hairdressing and barber services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ClearingHouse for Intellectual Property S.A. · Leudelange · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Leuven · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of F.A. WILMET ET CIE · Activities of company auditors · Grez-Doiceau · since 1985
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Abbreviation of RAAD VAN INRICHTENDE MACHTEN VAN HET PROTESTANTS - CHRISTELIJK ONDERWIJS · Mechelen · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ternat · since 2020