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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Menen · since 1986
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Materials recovery from waste · Peer · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Grez-Doiceau · since 2008
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1969
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Chaudfontaine · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schoten · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ronse · since 1998
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Theux · since 2020
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor Management - Begeleiding van Ondernemingen · Brussel · since 1978
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Ranst · since 1984
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Lanaken · since 1991
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beveren · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merchtem · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wevelgem · since 1988
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Maldegem · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Staden · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Risk and damage evaluation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2006