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.
“Depide”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Villers-la-Ville · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · Erezée · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diest · since 1999
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Other education · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Buggenhout · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Buggenhout · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Koksijde · Federale overheid · Koksijde · since 1968
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Leuven · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Distrikt Events VZW · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Beringen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ZONDAG SAMEN · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Dystonia Europe · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Brussel · since 2005
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of H.C.S. · Development of residential building projects · Heusden-Zolder · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of The Lodge Zolder · Hotels and similar accommodation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010