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.
“NOVESCO”
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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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · Kortrijk · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2022
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hoogstraten · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of NOVE GRUPPO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Huy · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Lommel · since 2008
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Other software publishing · Charleroi · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Ath · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2015
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Temse · since 2015
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Other information service activities · Kortenberg · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Groothandel in fietsen · Waregem · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Rotselaar · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GOTTSCHALK · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Liège · since 2006
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Computer programming · Geel · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Aarschot · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2026
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Novel Law · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2026