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.
“KOBRE”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Kalmthout · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Boechout · since 1990
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2002
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1985
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Baelen · since 2019
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Employment placement agencies · Zaventem · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lummen · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Staden · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Essen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Zulte · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Kring van de Oost-Brabantse Reanimatoren en Anaesthesiologen · Tienen · since 1996
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Het Kamerorkest van Brussel · Elsene · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Kring Officieren Brugge · Damme · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Kortrijks Octrooi, Merken en Modellen Bureau · Other legal services · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Oost-Vlaamse Brandweerbond · Kruisem · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of KINDEROPVANGBEHEER · Mortsel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Beauvoorde · Veurne · since 2004
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Brussel · since 1957