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.
“GOODWAYS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1960
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Herve · since 2017
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Remicourt · since 2019
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Ath · since 1996
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · since 2017
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Anderlecht · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2010
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eeklo · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of SECON INTERNATIONAL · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Amsterdam · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Wholesale of timber · Liedekerke · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lokeren · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008