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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“NETWORK ELECTRONICS BELUX”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Kortenberg · since 2003
  • BV Electronics very similar
    General electrical installation work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Ukkel · since 1979
  • Name of an establishment of LG ELECTRONICS BENELUX SALES B.V. · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · AMSTELVEEN · since 2006
  • Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Houten · since 1997

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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