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.
“MESSING PRESS”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rochefort · since 2016
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Enghien · since 2015
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Ans · since 2024
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Book publishing · Wavre · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2023
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van industriële gassen · Gent · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION · Beheer van kerkhoven en activiteiten van crematoria · MAIDENHEAD · since 1955
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Freight transport by road · Kuurne · since 2004
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Luxembourg · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2007