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.
“NEWSON”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Elsene · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of ROMON · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 1983
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1993
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Geraardsbergen · since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Koekelberg · since 2019
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Stekene · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Silly · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1968
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Hasselt · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Drogenbos · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Zoersel · since 2025
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Roeselare · since 2025
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Middelkerke · since 1995
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mons · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 1990
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Abbreviation of NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH · Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1994
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Walcourt · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
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Brussel · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van vuurvaste producten · Beauraing · since 2009
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Laakdal · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2000
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of DELEU - MOERMAN · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1987
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Wanze · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Brasschaat · since 1990
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Chiny · since 1993
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Nivelles · since 2015