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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of FINANCIAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS · Kampenhout · since 1989
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Zaventem · since 2021
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Goederenvervoer door de lucht · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Londerzeel · since 1975
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Londerzeel · since 1986
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Mouscron · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Jeugdhuis Expo · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Mortsel · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of GEERIT · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van toestellen voor het spuiten van vloeistoffen of poeder, inclusief brandblusapparaten · Dilbeek · since 1987
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Herstal · since 1989
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY ALLIANCE · Other membership organisations · Evere · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2016
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Computer programming · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Malle · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Exploitation Point of sales · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Courcelles · since 2011
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Land surveying · Ieper · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Expensive Base · Seraing · since 2024
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Hoeilaart · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Existe · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Expressions · Elsene · since 2024