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.
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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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Nederlandstalige Liga voor Onderwateronderzoek en -sport · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Mechelen · since 1978
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2021
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Gent · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lochristi · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Oostende · since 2011
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Fernelmont · since 2003
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Abbreviation of No Problems Only Solutions · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Pittem · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2009
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association d'accueil et d'animation communautaire de la porte d'Anvers, dite NEPO · Brussel · since 2016
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Other sports activities · since 2020
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Fernelmont · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Negative Emissions Platform · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Brussel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of europese programma's voor onderwijs opleiding en samenwerking · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2019
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Other business support services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010