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.
“NIDUS”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Trade name of "NEST" · Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2011
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Interior design · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · since 2002
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Beersel · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2024
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Maarkedal · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Namur · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Namur · since 1968
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Abbreviation of NATURAL INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Abbreviation of NATIONALE ISOLATIE DIENST · Insulation installation · Zonhoven · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beernem · since 2002
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Waregem · since 2018