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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Notebaert, Conner”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2024
  • NOTEBAERT very similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gavere · since 1987
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1994
  • Plumbing work · Deinze · since 2020
  • Name of an establishment of C.N.EVENTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Site preparation · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of interior architects · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Real estate agency activities · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 1997
  • Nottebaert Consult similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2022

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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