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.
“FOBA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Menen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FURNISHING OFFICE BENELUX · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ukkel · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Asbl The Friends Of Brussels · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of FRIENDS OF BRUSSELS · Brussel · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Vocational training · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1997
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La Guerche de Bretagne · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Elsene · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · De Haan · since 1995
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Abbreviation of FORUM VOOR BEZINNINGSBEGELEIDING · Tienen · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · Elsene · since 2019