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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“EXCESS”

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.

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • EXCESS same name
    Sports and recreation education · Meise · since 2000
  • Sole trader same name
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
  • EXCESS same name
    General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2022
  • NO EXCESS very similar
    Name of an establishment of Lakewood Holding B.V., Belgian Branch · Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Lijnden · since 1991
  • EXCESS RETURN very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2000
  • Sole trader very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Excessive similar
    Oudergem · since 1995
  • EXCESSIVA similar
    Abbreviation of SPORT en RECREATIE EXCESSIVA · Leuven · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
  • EXCEX similar
    Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Evere · since 2024
  • Exclujess similar
    Name of an establishment of Hermoso · Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
  • EXCEPT similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wevelgem · since 1990
  • EXCEED similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Kalmthout · since 2008
  • EXCERT similar
    Other business support services · Affligem · since 2023
  • Excel similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 1988

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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