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.
“NOVA FACTORY”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Lontzen · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Zonnebeke · since 2025
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haacht · since 2021
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Computer programming · Liège · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of COVER · Mechelen · since 1999
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Freight transport by road · Oudergem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of LOODS 8 · Other non-specialised retail sale · Maldegem · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brugge · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Employment placement agencies · Waterloo · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of R.D. MANAGEMENT · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Ganshoren · since 2000
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Nivelles · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Edegem · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 2022
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Wholesale of other household goods · Bree · since 2005
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Poperinge · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of 4D CONSULTANCY · Nutrition and dietetics services · Kasterlee · since 1987
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Marseille · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eghezée · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of C3 FACTORY · Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2023
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2024
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2009