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.
“NITRO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1969
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Freight transport by road · Evergem · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Nivelles · since 1981
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Schaarbeek · since 2014
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since 1992
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Other technical testing and analysis · Lokeren · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Maldegem · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of PAUWELS RJM · Photography, excluding press photography · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2007
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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since 2011
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ganshoren · since 2010
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Computer programming · Anderlues · since 2011
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Amay · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Wijnegem · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NEW INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Asse · since 1993
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Abbreviation of NEW IN TOWN · Visual arts creation · Schoten · since 2013
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Abbreviation of NETWORK INSTALLATION TEAM · General electrical installation work · Lokeren · since 2009
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Seraing · since 1968
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Olen · since 1993
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Plumbing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Lichtervelde · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · Gistel · since 2009
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · La Louvière · since 2005
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Retail sale of household furniture · Genk · since 2015