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.
“PHILOSOL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Merksplas · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Wuustwezel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Plombières · since 1993
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Operation of sports facilities · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HERCOMA · Hairdressing and barber services · Plombières · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2015
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Other specialised construction activities · Manhay · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Schilde · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Schilde · since 1968
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1996
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Computer programming · Walcourt · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1932
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2025
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Waterloo · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ITALBA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016