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 TRADE”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Geraardsbergen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2017
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of FIRST COLLECTION · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Shipman · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2023
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Abbreviation of First-IT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE RELOCATION · Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DIVA NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SE FIRST ICON RESEARCH SARL · CH-1204 GENEVE · since 1996
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of JAPIAN MONDIAL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1984
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Wimington Delaware · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Other tax advisory services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Yvoir · since 2019
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Wholesale of other food products · since 1996
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Herentals · since 2004
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Logistics services · Brugge · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zemst · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2006