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.
“NEY”
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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Chaudfontaine · since 2007
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since 1996
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Lochristi · since 1968
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Other business support services · Gent · since 1987
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Assenede · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ASEV · General electrical installation work · Lievegem · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Oostkamp · since 2011
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Productie van eieren van pluimvee · Heusden-Zolder · since 2005
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Edegem · since 2014
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Balen · since 2014
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Name of 't hof Bellewaerde · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Ieper · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Abbreviation of NIJKERK ELECTRONICS · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of LE NOUVEL ESPOIR · Brussel · since 2016
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Abbreviation of North End · Malle · since 2019
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Raising of other animals · since 2023