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.
“Netma”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
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Sound recording · Tubize · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Mons · since 2000
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Computer programming · Vilvoorde · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Nederlandsche Tuindersglas Maatschappij · Delft · since 1980
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Bree · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ETUDE DES TECHNIQUES MEDICALES ET ASSIMILEES · Pavillons-sous-Bois (Seine St-Denis · since 1977
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since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2019
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Other technical testing and analysis · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van locomotieven en ander rollend materieel voor spoorwegen · Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Virtual Institute on Micromechatronics for Biomedical Industry · Brussel · since 2006
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Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of NEW EUROPEAN TRADE · Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1978
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Abbreviation of NASSOGNE EN TRANSITION · Other education · Nassogne · since 2018
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Abbreviation of New Energy Technics · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Lebbeke · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2006
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ramillies · since 2009
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of VSD TRADING · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Ath · since 2002