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.
“FORMA LINGUA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1996
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Abbreviation of Equipe pour la Formation à l'Autonomie · Vocational training · Namur · since 1982
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ukkel · since 1985
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Leuven · since 1987
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Translation services · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Lingua vzw · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Aalter · since 1999
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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ROERMOND · since 2020
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Vocational training · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Book publishing · Saint-Ghislain · since 2015
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Translation services · since 2019
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Other education · since 2017
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Translation services · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ATB IMMOBILIER · Office administrative and support services · Herstal · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Comines-Warneton · since 2023
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Translation services · Zemst · since 2005
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Theux · since 2005