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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.

“Knip”

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.

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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

31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Knipz (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • KNIPZ (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
  • Knipz (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
  • Knippr (sole trader) similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
  • Knipze (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
  • Knipzz (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
  • Knipoog similar
    Name of an establishment of vereniging zonder winstoogmerk Buitenschoolse Kinderopvang 'Knipoog' · Day nurseries and crèches · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1999
  • KNIPPET similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Lummen · since 2013
  • KnipENZ (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
  • KnipPet (sole trader) similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
  • KNIK similar
    Name of an establishment of LA CANTERELLA · Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 1997
  • KNIX similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Denderleeuw · since 2002
  • KniB similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 2019
  • K-NIS similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Visé · since 2024
  • Knipperdeknip (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
  • KNIPPING similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 1980
  • Knipture (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • Knipstik (sole trader) similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2010
  • KNIPP JLK similar
    Activities of holding companies · Opwijk · since 2005
  • Knipp 301 similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Malle · since 2023
  • BKNIP (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
  • KNIPPERIJ similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Rotselaar · since 1973
  • Knipoogje (sole trader) similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
  • Knipoogje similar
    Abbreviation of Knipoogje Fotografie & Multimedia · Roeselare · since 2017
  • KNIPSJIEK (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • KNIPPOWER similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2023
  • KNIPBARON similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Meise · since 2026
  • Knipfiets (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
  • Knipperkot similar
    Abbreviation of Knipperkot vzw · Youth work associations · Haaltert · since 2021
  • Kniphuisje (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
  • KnipsaFill (sole trader) similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
  • ChéKnip (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023

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