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.
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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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of PILOE · Hairdressing and barber services · Tienen · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 1972
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 1998
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Name of TSVANONS · Mechelen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2015
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Destelbergen · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2012
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Brussel · since 1973
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Vilvoorde · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2007
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Abbreviation of FORWARD REAL ESTATE · Real estate agency activities · Oupeye · since 2016
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Abbreviation of FIERS REAL ESTATE · Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2022
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Other software publishing · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Izegem · since 2024
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Bierbeek · since 1994
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Insurance agents and brokers · Mol · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2018
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022