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.
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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Computer programming · Gent · since 2009
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sprimont · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2012
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1973
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Hulshout · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of VAN ASSCHE INVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2001
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Ieper · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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's-Gravenpolder · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Joka Invest · General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 1958
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Rixensart · since 2018
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Hasselt · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Mons · since 2003
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2005
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Manage · since 1990