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.
“EXPOSITO”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1991
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Berlare · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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since 1986
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since 1995
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since 1993
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Removal services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2009
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Lille · since 1998
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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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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Abbreviation of Jeugdhuis Expo · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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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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Aarschot · since 1993