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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Fondation Internationale pour la Renovation de l'Edition · Brussel · since 1951
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Abbreviation of FONTENY INVEST REAL ESTATE · Rixensart · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of BAYBARS 1903 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Balen · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
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Pig breeding farms · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Fire Protection Network · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Gent · since 2011
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Research and development on biotechnology · Kasterlee · since 2021
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Meise · since 2024
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2015
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Roofing work · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020