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.
“Fortissimo”
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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Other amusement and recreation activities · Tubize · since 1997
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2022
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tervuren · since 1976
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of COSA NOSTRA · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Philippeville · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Charleroi · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Other education · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Computer programming · since 2015
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waimes · since 2014
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of PASCOLI · Agents and brokers in banking services · Hamois · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of MARYLINE DATH · Agents and brokers in banking services · Ath · since 2004
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Tourist information services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Fortis Laar 12 hoek Guido Gezellestraat te Aartselaar · Aartselaar · since 2008
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Football clubs · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1952
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Business and other management consultancy · Denderleeuw · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Blégny · since 1987
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brussel · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 1990
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Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of D.C. Properties · Other financial services · Gent · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Leuven · since 2024
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Malle · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2006
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Tournai · since 2000
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Quaregnon · since 2005
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Nivelles · since 2008
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Other printing · since 2018