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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Association Européenne du Transport et Convoyage de Valeurs · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1976
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SERVICES en TRANSLATION AGENCY · Activities of head offices · Overijse · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2008
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Koekelberg · since 1963
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2012
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Computer programming · Hoegaarden · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bertem · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DE PATIO · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Brugge · since 2006
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR SURFACE TREATMENT ON ALUMINIUM · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2024