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.
“Knal”
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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Name of an establishment of EUROPEAN SYSTEMS SUPPLY · Event catering · Brecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of KNAL SERVICES · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lummen · since 1990
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Activities of interior architects · Genk · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2004
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Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2022
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oosterzele · since 2019
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Lievegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Turnkring Kunst na Arbeid - Kraainem · Kraainem · since 1998
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Other business support services · Evergem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Pie.Pel · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Alken · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SVK Company · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Elsene · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Dentergem · since 2011
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1989
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Zemst · since 2015
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Aarschot · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Leuven · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Maldegem · since 2019
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Sound recording · Lier · since 2022
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2024