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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NEW CCD same name
    Machining of metals · Fleurus · since 2004
  • New C.D. very similar
    Brussel · since 1981
  • NEW very similar
    Abbreviation of Namur - Europe - Wallonie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Namur · since 1988
  • NEW very similar
    Liège · since 1989
  • N.E.W. very similar
    Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NEW-C similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1982
  • NEW CG similar
    Les Bons Villers · since 1991
  • NewCo similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
  • NEWCO similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Asse · since 2023
  • NewCo similar
    Abbreviation of NewCo Holding · Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2025
  • NEWCO 2 similar
    Name of an establishment of GAUDER & Co · Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1976
  • NEW C.T.R. similar
    Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2002
  • Newcon similar
    Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Stekene · since 2021
  • Newcap similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
  • NEWCO K similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2001

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