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.
“NEW LAFORGE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other household goods · Aalst · since 2002
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Aalst · since 2020
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Sambreville · since 1983
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sprimont · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Tournai · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Forging of metal · since 2006
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Wholesale of live animals · since 2026
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Honnelles · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Liège · since 1988
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Other construction installation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Rendeux · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of LES DELICES D'OPHAIN · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2023