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.
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of interior architects · Brugge · since 2011
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Brussel · since 1952
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Drukken van dagbladen · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of NAUTILUS - LA MAISON DE LA DETECTION · Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Koksijde · since 1993
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Abbreviation of NAUTILUS CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Vanacker-Vanclooster · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Diksmuide · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of NAUTILUS-Concept · General construction of residential buildings · Paliseul · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 1996
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Gavere · since 1997
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Other specialised construction activities · Aalter · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Asse · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Diksmuide · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Computer programming · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Pepingen · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2021
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Plastering work · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verviers · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · since 2022