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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Zuienkerke · since 2002
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Ponte di Piave · since 1997
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Nieuwpoort · since 1975
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zele · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Bouwprojecten Spriet · Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 1990
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Aarschot · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EURO PLUS BELGIUM · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Colfontaine · since 1995
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Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wuustwezel · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 1968
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Zonhoven · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012
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Olen · since 1971
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Other building finishing work · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES COMITES DE SIMPLIFICATION DES PROCEDURES DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL EN EUROPE · since 1997
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since 1990