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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Lubbeek · since 2011
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Geografisch Instituut · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Brussel · since 1976
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Abbreviation of INTERESSEGROEP NATUUR v.z.w. · Evergem · since 1982
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Lasne · since 1988
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Abbreviation of INSTITUUT GEOTECHNIEK NEDERLAND BV · Hardinxveld-Giessendam · since 1990
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Logistics services · Rumst · since 2002
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Insurance agents and brokers · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Operation of sports facilities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2005
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Other business support services · Diepenbeek · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Site preparation · Rixensart · since 2024
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since 2022
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Other business support services · Mol · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2017
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since 1996
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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Wetteren · since 1978