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.
“NBS”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Détente Nuts Bastogne Station ou N.B.S. · since 1985
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Abbreviation of NATIONALE BOOMGAARDEN STICHTING · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Hasselt · since 1985
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Investigation and private security services · Brussel · since 2015
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of NBS AUTOS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of NEW BRUSSELSPORTS · General construction of residential buildings · Lasne · since 1988
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Detailhandel in boeken · Lasne · since 2023
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Nationale Belgische Speelkaart Loterij · Zoersel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of NATUUR - EN BOOMGAARDEN SOCIALE WERKPLAATS · Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Hasselt · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Nationale Beroepsvereniging der Staaflijsten en Kaderfabrikanten · Gent · since 1930
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Abbreviation of CONSO SERVICES · STRASSEN · since 1987
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Abbreviation of NORTH BUILDINGS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Nieuwpoort · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Namur Boutik · Other non-specialised retail sale · Namur · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Evergem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of NeonBarok · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Chaudfontaine · since 2003
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Nia bora · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Charleroi · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022