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.
“NOFRA”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of live animals · Poperinge · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of ELAU · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Londerzeel · since 1986
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Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Wingene · since 1988
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Waregem · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1989
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Courbevoie · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Harelbeke · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 1993
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Landscape service activities · Beerse · since 2001
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Abbreviation of NOBRESART REALISATIONS & AMENAGEMENTS · Arlon · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Eeklo · since 2002
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Real estate agency activities · Lievegem · since 2013
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2014
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Brussel · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Maaseik · since 2016
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Hasselt · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Beringen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Meerhout · since 2019
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Kruisem · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Heers · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · since 2010
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Investigation and private security services · since 2011
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Combined facilities support activities · Eupen · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of MEKOS · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Kinrooi · since 2008
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2011
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Other business support services · Schilde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Ofra Ballet · Koekelberg · since 2014
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Genk · since 1998