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.
“Lafond”
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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Jaunay-Marigny · since 1978
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Activities of notaries · Merchtem · since 2018
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since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Destelbergen · since 2017
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Activities of other sports clubs · Aalter · since 2021
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Other education · Kuurne · since 2024
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Lyon · since 1978
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2017
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Brussel · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 2021
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of ISOGOLD · General construction of residential buildings · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Fondation Arthur Legros · Huy · since 1991
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Abbreviation of FOUNDATION AstraZeneca · Dilbeek · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2001
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Rixensart · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Sambreville · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of FRAME · Full-service restaurants · Waimes · since 1994
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Abbreviation of La Forêt Magique · Gembloux · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Liège · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Name of DE STICHTING P&V · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2005
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Other sports activities · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 1968
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Aalter · since 1985
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Other construction installation · Brussel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of AKINTAS · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2020