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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Weven van textiel · Harelbeke · since 1959
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1977
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Pommerloch/Winseler · since 2001
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Zandhoven · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Abbreviation of IMAGERIE MEDICALE DOCTEUR ERDEM ORBERK · Specialist medical practice · Malmedy · since 2012
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Insulation installation · ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE · since 2024
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Industrial Management and Business Development Company · Market research and public opinion polling · Lasne · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Tielt · since 1989
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Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Mouscron · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Kruisem · since 1994