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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Boutersem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of FORESCO · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Brugge · since 2009
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Lokeren · since 1981
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Employment placement agencies · Kluisbergen · since 2021
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Overijse · since 1988
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Oostende · since 1992
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Abbreviation of DYNAMIC SYMPHONIC BAND · Dendermonde · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Courbevoie · since 1975
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Menen · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP MARINE INSURANCE CLAIMS ASSOCIATES · Risk and damage evaluation · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Ukkel · since 2006
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Charleroi · since 1994
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Châtelet · since 1987