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.
“NETHYS”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Liège · since 1999
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2020
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Drukken van dagbladen · Liège · since 1948
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Computer programming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PROJECT GROUP · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tienen · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tremelo · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Lasne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of TETHYS (Aerospace Industrial Intelligence) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Manhay · since 2003
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2004
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Liège · since 2015
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gerpinnes · since 1969
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 1989
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2007
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Zandhoven · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of PHARMACIE NIMAX · Combined facilities support activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2006
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Manufacture of other wood products · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1982
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Duffel · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Zonhoven · since 2013
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Retail sale of bicycles · Ranst · since 2015
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Hasselt · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2010
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Liège · since 2026