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.
“KLOKHOF”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Wervik · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Farys · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Gent · since 1923
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Name of an establishment of BUDO KARATE OOSTENDE · Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Bredene · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Zonnebeke · since 2020
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DE TORRE · Roofing work · Veurne · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Kleuter Onderwijs Kaulille · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Bocholt · since 2006
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Nijmegen · since 2000
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Brakel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of BELIEVE · Cafés and bars · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Holsbeek · since 2011
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Zutendaal · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Middelkerke · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of PASTA MADRE · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2019