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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“NPS”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • N.P.S. same name
    Abbreviation of NATIONAL PACKAGING SERVICE · Ukkel · since 1991
  • NP-S same name
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2018
  • NPS same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
  • N.P.S. same name
    Abbreviation of NATURAL POWER SYSTEMS · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Essen · since 2009
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2011
  • NPS same name
    Abbreviation of NPS PARTNER · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2023
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NP similar
    Abbreviation of No Problemo · Schaarbeek · since 1997
  • N.P. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2000
  • NP similar
    Gent · since 2017
  • NP similar
    Abbreviation of NeedPadel · Amay · since 2019
  • np similar
    Abbreviation of newpolyphonies vzw · Literary creation · Brussel · since 2021
  • NP similar
    Office administrative and support services · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2021
  • NP similar
    Landscape service activities · Tienen · since 2022
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
  • NP similar
    Abbreviation of Notice Pilates · Other education · Zemst · since 2026

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