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.
“FORBIS”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 1998
-
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Ieper · since 1996
-
Gent · since 2000
-
Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 2001
-
Business and other management consultancy
-
Abbreviation of Orbis Risk Partners · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2003
-
Other business support services · since 2019
-
Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
-
Real estate agency activities · Oudergem · since 2026
-
Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2026
-
Luxembourg · since 1995
-
Other business support services · Vorst · since 1995
-
General construction of residential buildings · since 2018
-
Physiotherapy · Zoersel · since 2019
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalter · since 2023
-
Activities of interior architects · since 2023
-
Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 1995
-
Name of an establishment of PASCOLI · Agents and brokers in banking services · Hamois · since 2003
-
Name of an establishment of MARYLINE DATH · Agents and brokers in banking services · Ath · since 2004
-
Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Fortis Laar 12 hoek Guido Gezellestraat te Aartselaar · Aartselaar · since 2008
-
Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2024
-
Vocational training · since 2025
-
Dendermonde · since 2025
-
Name of an establishment of ORBIS LIEGE · Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Liège · since 2021
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Forum belge-irakien pour le Commerce et l'Industrie · Brussel · since 1996
-
Hairdressing and barber services · Hasselt · since 1997
-
Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
-
Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
-
Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Aalter · since 2011
-
Abbreviation of Les Forges de Belle-Vue · Charleroi · since 1931
-
Elsene · since 1977
-
Other specialised construction activities · Roosdaal · since 2007