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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Kruisem · since 2001
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · Burdinne · since 1984
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1976
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2010
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wavre · since 2011
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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 European Network Systems Engineering · Other information technology and computer services · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Jeugdhuis Expo · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2006
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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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Gent · since 1995
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Aarschot · since 1993