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.
“La Mutuelle”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mouscron · since 1968
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Charleroi · since 1905
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Fleurus · since 1922
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1926
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Charleroi · since 1932
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Le Mans · since 1957
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Honnelles · since 1906
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Ath · since 1901
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Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1911
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Hensies · since 1937
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Wavre · since 1891
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Quévy · since 1906
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Antoing · since 1910
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Merbes-le-Château · since 1921
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Jodoigne · since 1896
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Soumagne · since 1895
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Brussel · since 1968
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Charleroi · since 1944
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Hannut · since 1949
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Verviers · since 1950
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Saint-Ghislain · since 1910
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1903
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1906
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Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of PERREON 64 SA · Development of residential building projects · Chaudfontaine · since 1995
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Tournai · since 1996
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since 2000
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Name of an establishment of CVE Organisation · Full-service restaurants · Sprimont · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Les Ripailleurs · Full-service restaurants · Saint-Ghislain · since 2015