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.
“NICKEL PLUS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
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Vorst · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tremelo · since 2003
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2016
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Zaventem · since 2024
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Other software publishing · Elsene · since 2011
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Plastering work · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Evere · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Aalst · since 1995
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Sports and recreation education · Geel · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2009
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2024