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.
“Cranfield”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Rotselaar · since 2017
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Maitama-Abuja · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BEACON INTERNATIONAL · Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2009
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kortrijk · since 2003
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2019
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Trade name of Paul Prange, Verwaltungsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung · Retail sale of footwear · Düsseldorf · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of TS-984 · Retail sale of footwear · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Veurne · since 2016
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Keerbergen · since 2011
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Cercle Royal Apicole de Nivelles · Support activities for animal production · Nivelles · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 1983