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.
“NAPS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Genappe · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of VRANJE VI · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Chastre · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Appono · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Mechelen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bennebroek · since 1980
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Abbreviation of NUIT DES AVANT-PREMIERES · Brussel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of NAMUR AIR PROMOTION · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Gerpinnes · since 1995
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Abbreviation of NAP societe de conseil en architecture et management du devloppement durable · Meise · since 2001
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Abbreviation of NAZCA AGENCY & PARTNERS · Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2015
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Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
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Kortenberg · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2017
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Abbreviation of New Amicale Police Boraine · Other membership organisations · Colfontaine · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NAPASTUDIO BRUSSELS · Retail sale of household furniture · Elsene · since 2024
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KØBENHAV · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zottegem · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van schoeisel · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jette · since 2023
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994