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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.

“NEW SBP”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NEW SBP same name
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
  • NEW SAP very similar
    Name of an establishment of DELEU - MOERMAN · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1992
  • Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1987
  • 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 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NEW S similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
  • NEWS similar
    Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 1990
  • N.E.W.S. similar
    Abbreviation of NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH · Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1994
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
  • N[E]WS similar
    Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
  • News similar
    Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
  • Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
  • NEWSON similar
    Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2013
  • News 21 similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Wanze · since 2023
  • NEW SUN similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Drogenbos · since 2008
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2000

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