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.
“PATRIBO 2000”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Aarschot · since 1991
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Brugge · since 1986
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1992
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · Merchtem · since 1988
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · As · since 2017
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Haacht · since 1991
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Aalst · since 1992
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Kortrijk · since 1984
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Seraing · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1995
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Plumbing work · Waregem · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Peer · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Maaseik · since 2020