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.
“LIGARE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2017
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · BAVAY · since 2003
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Physiotherapy · Meerhout · since 2015
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Menen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DEGEE · Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Plombières · since 2000
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Nursing and midwifery · Stekene · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Zottegem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of TC Project · Joinery installation · Ichtegem · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Torhout · since 2022
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Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2006
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Limaxx Gardens · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lanaken · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · since 2014
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kuurne · since 2002
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Dental practice · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Deinze · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Saint-Hubert · since 2017