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.
“FILE-IT”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Middelkerke · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Initiatives locales pour l'Enfance · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2007
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Pelt · since 2024
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Ravels · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1963
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Landen · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of FILEAS SPRL · Insurance agents and brokers · Chastre · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Pittem · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2023
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Dental practice · Wanze · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2026