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.
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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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PAN AFRICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 1989
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Gent · since 1993
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Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Other retail sale of food · since 2006
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Veliko Tamovo · since 2014
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Wemmel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY ADVICE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mons · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Bredene · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2019
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lochristi · since 2013
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Gent · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Staden · since 2020
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Perwez · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Olen · since 2022