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.
“NICHA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Torhout · since 2009
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CREA SUSHI · Full-service restaurants · Ittre · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · Balen · since 2008
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Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other education · Stekene · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Abbreviation of NICOLAÏDÈS INVEST Cy · Grimbergen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Intermutualistisch College · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1970
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Jodoigne · since 2010
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Lennik · since 2007
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Other education · Kuurne · since 2020
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2014
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Elsene · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1979