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.
“NOUNOU”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of NÓUVEAUTÉ · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Hulshout · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2023
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since 2015
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of NOUN IMMO · Joinery installation · Edegem · since 2010
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of O & O · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Sounounou Asbl · Brussel · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Huy · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2009