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.
“Expoline”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van verf, vernis ed, drukinkt en mastiek · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2011
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Trade name of PLUO · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Wavre · since 1977
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Leopoldsburg · since 2003
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2001
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Other information technology and computer services · Wavre · since 2009
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Wevelgem · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Philippeville · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Computer programming · Wijnegem · since 2023
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Bewerken van diamant · since 1974
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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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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2010
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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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Joinery installation · Blégny · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Overijse · since 2021