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.
“DARWIND”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of UBIS · Other business support services · Niel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of NOMADE 2.0 · Event catering · Ukkel · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Middelkerke · since 2024
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Other business support services · Ternat · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2016
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Wanze · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Elsene · since 1990
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Luxembourg 1720 · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2024