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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.

“NR-Net”

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

17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NR-Net same name
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • N.Renet very similar
    Site preparation · Kinrooi · since 2022
  • N.E.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of NEW EUROPEAN TRADE · Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
  • NET + (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1978
  • NET (sole trader) very similar
    Other building finishing work · since 1993
  • NET very similar
    Abbreviation of NASSOGNE EN TRANSITION · Other education · Nassogne · since 2018
  • N.E.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of New Energy Technics · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Lebbeke · since 2009
  • NET very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • ORNET very similar
    Antigua · since 2000
  • NONET very similar
    Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2014
  • GR NET very similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 2015
  • Nanet very similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2018
  • NET=NET very similar
    Name of an establishment of N=N · General cleaning of buildings · Bree · since 2019
  • General electrical installation work · since 2012
  • ERNET (sole trader) very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
  • NET very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Elsene · since 1986
  • NET very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of VSD TRADING · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Ath · since 2002
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NRNENI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2023
  • NRN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2024
  • NierNet similar
    Abbreviation of NierNet Vlaamse Nierpatiëntenvereniging · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Waregem · since 2025

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