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.
“Improfiel”
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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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Leuven · since 2005
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Turnhout · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Leuven · since 1986
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Lier · since 1990
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Other building finishing work · Wevelgem · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2006
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1983
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Retie · since 1997
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Geel · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1978