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.
“EdWorld”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2018
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AMSTERDAM · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lommel · since 2003
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Koekelberg · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SBDW · Detailhandel in boeken · Wavre · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Pittem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2010
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Zonhoven · since 2013
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Trade name of S-World · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Braine-le-Comte · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Keerbergen · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of BNB CONSULTANCY · Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Brussel · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2010
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1998
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ronse · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Stekene · since 2007
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Operation of sports facilities · Ecaussinnes · since 2019
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Ichtegem · since 1983