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.
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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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Neutraal Syndicaat voor Zelfstandigen Plus · Brussel · since 2011
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Luxembourg 1750 · since 2001
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geel · since 1997
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Vorst · since 2021
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Waterloo · since 1985
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Computer programming · Laakdal · since 2016
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Braine-le-Comte · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2004
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lille · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Dendermonde · since 2021
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since 1980
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 1981
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of J. BLOMME et Co · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1997
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1999
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Aalst · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2015
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Trade name of The Veggies · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Herk-de-Stad · since 2010
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Oudenburg · since 1998