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.
“Makejovan”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schaarbeek · since 1993
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Edegem · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Beersel · since 2020
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Flanders Make · Other research and development on natural sciences · Lommel · since 2003
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Retail sale of household furniture · Messancy · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hooglede · since 1991
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Ieper · since 1996
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2024