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.
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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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of sports facilities · Wielsbeke · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Vorst · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Namur - Europe - Wallonie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Namur · since 1988
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Liège · since 1989
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Abbreviation of NIEUWE EIGEN WONING · Development of non-residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Les Bons Villers · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Rotselaar · since 2024
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Oupeye · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 1992
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2017
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Machining of metals · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 1989