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.
“NNEC”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Overijse · since 1997
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Network Engineering Construction · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SELECT CITY BUILDING · Buying and selling of own real estate · Zedelgem · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 2018
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Oostkamp · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Lochristi · since 2008
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2023
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Zaventem · since 2026
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Oostende · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2004