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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2017
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Nivelles · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1989
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Computer programming · Liège · since 2023
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Land surveying · Tournai · since 1976
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Travel agency activities · Rochefort · since 1996
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Huldenberg · since 2012
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Land surveying · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Mechelen · since 1983
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT EUROPEEN DES ENTREPRISES ET ORGANISMES DE DISTRIBUTION D'ENERGIE · Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Crisnée · since 2009
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Land surveying · Kapellen · since 2009
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Gent · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Awans · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1985