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.
“NNP”
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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Abbreviation of NNP AUTOMOTIVE GROUP · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Genk · since 1985
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kapellen · since 1995
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haacht · since 2020
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Nordic Nicotine Pouches Alliance · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Abbreviation of No Problemo · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Abbreviation of NEW NEPTUNE · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2000
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of NeedPadel · Amay · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · Bree · since 2019
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Abbreviation of newpolyphonies vzw · Literary creation · Brussel · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Tienen · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Néphrologie Navaux · Braine-le-Comte · since 2024
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Trade name of SENSKOMMUN · Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Notice Pilates · Other education · Zemst · since 2026