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.
“FIRST RESIDENCE”
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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Tournai · since 1995
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Malmedy · since 1998
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Tournai · since 2009
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Waasmunster · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Namur · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of S.E.R.S. · Full-service restaurants · Rochefort · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw La Residence Prins Albertlei 13 te Berchem · Antwerpen · since 1961
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 1981
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LE RESIDENCE FLERON · Full-service restaurants · Fléron · since 2024
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Albert Residence Belpairestraat 20 te Berchem · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van de @Residentie Euresidence@ te Lanaken. · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Lanaken · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of ETS Résidence · Real estate agency activities · Aubange · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Sun Residence Nachtegaallaan 12-14 te Hoboken · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Diksmuide · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 2008