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.
“Merit Select”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Etterbeek · since 1994
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Affligem · since 2014
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Psychology services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of FORUM JOBS · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Roeselare · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of HB.A · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Kippenkwekerijen · Brunehaut · since 1968
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 2001
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Select dagbladhandel · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MERSIN · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information service activities · Zoersel · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of LR Business · Employment placement agencies · Merchtem · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2004
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Employment placement agencies · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Buggenhout · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023