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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Zonhoven · since 1981
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Lauf A.D. Pegnitz 91207 · since 1996
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Fantastische Unie · Other membership organisations · Bierbeek · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of UNIVERSITE DE MONS · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of Patrimoine de l'Université de Mons · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1966
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Soumagne · since 2024
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Computer programming · Temse · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
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Veterinary services · Tubize · since 2025
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1994
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Landscape service activities · Ukkel · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Lessines · since 2014