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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2004
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · Elsene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of European Network on Independant Living Foundation · Brussel · since 2018
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Anderlecht · since 2023
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Oudergem · since 2019
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PETANGE · since 2014
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Petange · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Stichting John Schrooten · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Leuven · since 2015
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Leuven · since 2010
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Abbreviation of PRIVATE ART SUPPORT FOUNDATION · Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of European Society of Pathology Foundation · Brussel · since 2016
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Name of FONDATION EURANET · Other membership organisations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2013
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Meise · since 2009
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Waterloo · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Eurasian Foundation for the support of Art · Brugge · since 2013
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 1979
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Vaduz 9490 · since 1997
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London · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Linter · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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VADUZ · since 2008
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Abbreviation of FRANKLIN SLEUYTER FOUNDATION · Oostende · since 2010
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Overijse · since 1993
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Elsene · since 2015