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.
“NOEM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2005
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Painting of buildings · Mechelen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Frameries · since 2013
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Computer programming · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Visual arts creation · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Nouvelle Orientation Enfance · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1987
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalter · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of NOORD ENGINEERING · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Essen · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Lessines · since 2014
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · Les Bons Villers · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Monkey + Me · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · Herenthout · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALLIDRIE · Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2025
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Lochristi · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of LOENATIEK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Keerbergen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2009