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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wielsbeke · since 1969
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Insulation installation · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · Seraing · since 2008
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Charleroi · since 1992
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 1975
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insulation installation · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2015
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Etten-Leur · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of AKOMO · Vervaardiging van isolatoren en isolatiemateriaal, van keramische stoffen · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1986
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Insulation installation · Gerpinnes · since 2014
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Wuustwezel · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Brussel · since 2020
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2011
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Evere · since 2024