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.
“JIS”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of LA JEUNESSE INTREPIDE STEENKERQUOISE · Braine-le-Comte · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Haaltert · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Fitness centres · Dilbeek · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lichtervelde · since 2020
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News agency activities · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Charleroi · since 2014
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Book publishing · Charleroi · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Charleroi · since 2005
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Other software publishing · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sprimont · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Aubel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Jam'In · Visual arts creation · Gouvy · since 2009
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021