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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“GUIDELINES”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Other building finishing work · since 1992
  • GUIDELINES same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2004
  • GuideLine very similar
    Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
  • Sole trader very similar
    Translation services · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · SOLNA · since 2023
  • GUIDES similar
    Abbreviation of Groupe Universite-Industrie pour le Developpement des Etudes Spatiales · Brussel · since 1963
  • Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Bekkevoort · since 1997
  • GUIDEL similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Flémalle · since 1999
  • Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2008
  • Computer programming · Brugge · since 1998
  • GUIDE similar
    Abbreviation of GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE DESIGN · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • Guide similar
    Neupré · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Tourist information services · since 2017
  • GUIDE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lubbeek · since 2022
  • GUIDE similar
    Event catering · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2008
  • Codelines similar
    Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • LINES similar
    Other business support services · Nijlen · since 2009
  • ELINES similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Computer programming · Clavier · since 2018

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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