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.
“NOC”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of NEERPELTSE OLIE CENTRALE · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Beerse · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Nice O'Clock · Visual arts creation · Péruwelz · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2012
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Marche-en-Famenne · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Night Owl Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Joinery installation · Zedelgem · since 2002
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Maldegem · since 1992
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Other business support services · Lier · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2003
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Joinery installation · Onhaye · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lasne · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Essen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Norton Owners Club Flanders Branch · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Wemmel · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SoukAle Project · Activities of building architects · Kontich · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Bekkevoort · since 2022
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Kruisem · since 2009
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Geraardsbergen · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Rumst · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ath · since 2025
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Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · since 2020
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Site preparation · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 2023