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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Other software publishing · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE ET DE L'INNOVATION DE L'AQUACULTURE EUROPÉENNE · Other membership organisations · Liège · since 2009
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since 2024
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Brussel · since 1995
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sombreffe · since 2023
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Funeral services · Veurne · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Ittre · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2003
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Retie · since 2011
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General medical practice · Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Abbreviation of HERMANS - ALGEMENE TECHNIEKEN · General electrical installation work · Lummen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of health and trade network · Brussel · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ALL TECHNICAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS · Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2023
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since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018