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.
“Kuva”
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 KUVALINE · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Sint-Truiden · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2016
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Kinrooi · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1997
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Kinrooi · since 2007
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Katholieke Universitaire Vrouwenvereniging · Evere · since 1953
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · Tielt · since 2011
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Wholesale of live animals · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Freight transport by road · Harelbeke · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2018