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.
“Fonds Demeter”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Etterbeek · since 2020
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Steenokkerzeel · since 1998
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Brussel · since 1993
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 1998
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Gent · since 1998
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2018
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Turnhout · since 2015
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Veterinary services · Ronse · since 2011
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 2003
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Anhée · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Fonds voor de vorming van de werknemers die tot de bevoegdheid van het paritair comité voor de vrije beroepen behoren · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2011
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Meise · since 1984
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Esneux · since 1990