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.
“NETMAT”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Mons · since 2000
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
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Sound recording · Tubize · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van locomotieven en ander rollend materieel voor spoorwegen · Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Wholesale of machine tools · Izegem · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Middelkerke · since 2021
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Flémalle · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of HOME QUICKER · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Computer programming · Vilvoorde · since 1974
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Virtual Institute on Micromechatronics for Biomedical Industry · Brussel · since 2006
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Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 2025
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Seneffe · since 1991