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.
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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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · Bocholt · since 2008
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Tielt-Winge · since 1991
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Abbreviation of DETIC vzw Cosmetica, reiniging- en onderhoudsmiddelen, lijmen en mastieken · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Schaarbeek · since 1977
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Schilde · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1968
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Paris · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes et Travaux pour l'Industrie du Pétrole · Vitrolles · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
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Abbreviation of De Wip, Steunpunt voor opvoeding, onderwijs, therapie en vrije tijd · Other membership organisations · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Hotton · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Wijnegem · since 1990
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Colfontaine · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006
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Other postal and courier activities · Braine-le-Comte · since 1998
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Floor and wall tiling · Deerlijk · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Delft Environment Technology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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Namur · since 1982
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Beloeil · since 1988
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Grimbergen · since 2007
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Ichtegem · since 1979