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.
“MONOPOLE”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · Charleroi · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Zulte · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of DGE GROUP · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ath · since 2015
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Oudergem · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of MEGHNA · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Elsene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SPA MONOPOLE, Compagnie Fermière de Spa · Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Spa · since 1980
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Putte · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Cafés and bars · since 1984
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Other specialised construction activities · Liedekerke · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Philippeville · since 1939
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2016
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Evergem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VANDENBALCK · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Leuven · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Monocle Productions · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2010
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Brussel · since 1986
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Meudon · since 2002
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Gent · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2017
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Abbreviation of MoreLess · Performing arts by independent artists · Brakel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Roeselare · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of FAVEO INVEST & MANAGEMENT · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Zulte · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2026