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.
“NEBS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 2016
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of NATIONAAL EIGENDOMSBEHEER · Dilbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of NEB PARTICIPATIONS · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Liège · since 2003
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Elsene · since 1974
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Other information service activities · VELDHOVEN · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2001
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Other education · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Linne · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalter · since 2024
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026