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.
“OINOS”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Roosdaal · since 2009
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Other business support services · Overijse · since 2004
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Eupen · since 1988
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Flémalle · since 1989
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Waregem · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1992
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Other tax advisory services · Tremelo · since 1993
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Luxembourg 1148 · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · Beerse · since 1996
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Ukkel · since 2000
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Retail sale of household furniture · Zonhoven · since 2001
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Physiotherapy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2001
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Bierbeek · since 2020
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CM HAINE-SAINT-PIERRE · Full-service restaurants · Morlanwelz · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Cafe Dino's · Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2009
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2009
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Oostende · since 2010
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of NAOUSSA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bree · since 1991
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Merksplas · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2019
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2007
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Other retail sale of food · Deinze · since 2014
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Abbreviation of INSIDE NATURE OPERATING SCHOOL - VERENIGING VOOR BEWEGINGSOPVOEDING · Roeselare · since 1985