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.
“MADRUGA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BERGES TRADING & MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Keerbergen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · Linter · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Alveringem · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Ellezelles · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Châtelet · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of B & S Beheer · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Hasselt · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Zedelgem · since 2021