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.
“NuBus”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kuurne · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Aalter · since 1991
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Destelbergen · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Tervuren · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
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Bewerken van diamant · since 2013
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Hasselt · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2016
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Aalter · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zoersel · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Bree · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Merchtem · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Ingelmunster · since 2026
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Genappe · since 2026
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2019
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Abbreviation of National Utility Service · Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 1968
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Oostende · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of DO & SA 3 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Roosdaal · since 2020