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.
“Effective Directing”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 1985
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · Aalst · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waterloo · since 2007
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · since 2016
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Other education · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Asse · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2015
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Employment placement agencies · Elsene · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Niel · since 2020
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Lochristi · since 2012
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Abbreviation of European Forum for Electroconvulsive Therapy · Kortenberg · since 2006
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Duffel · since 2024
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2020