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.
“NINEF”
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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Groothandel in overig textiel · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brecht · since 1994
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Event catering · Kontich · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Nine Engineering · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NETWORK OF EUROPEAN FOUNDATIONS · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of NET ENTREPRISE FRANCOPHONE · Other software publishing · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2017
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2017
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Production of cinema films · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of SHOKUNIN CONSULTING · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Manage · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lievegem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Crimibox · Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Gent · since 2015