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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2018
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1992
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kasterlee · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Waterloo · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Activities of notaries · Waregem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1999
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Rotselaar · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · Schoten · since 2011
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Growing of flowers · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Wingene · since 2024
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Cultural education · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ODESFIBRE · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Namur · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
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Kortrijk · since 1981