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.
“Mind Alive”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Doetinchem · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Activities of religious organisations · Herent · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Rijkevorsel · since 2010
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · Deinze · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Duffel · since 2023
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Aarschot · since 2009
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Other education · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of A LIFE · Nursing and midwifery · Lasne · since 2016
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Computer programming · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2013
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Waregem · since 2023