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.
“NILUS”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of FWood · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Veurne · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Land surveying · Herve · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ravels · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Abbreviation of New Interior Lighting · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Culture in vivo · Other education · Nivelles · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Mons · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018