Is your company name still free?
Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.
“Exception Movement”
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.
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Same or very similar names
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of other sports clubs · Brugge · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Etterbeek · since 1984
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Sports and recreation education · Oostende · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Football clubs · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2003
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Thuin · since 2011
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wevelgem · since 1990
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.