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.
“PLAN DISCOVERY”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Genk · since 2008
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Herentals · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2014
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1993
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985
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Londerzeel · since 2023
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Bonheiden · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1987
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 2012
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2021
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Research and development on biotechnology · Le Genest-Saint-Isle · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM UNITED STATES DISCOVERY · Wholesale of other food products · Liège · since 1990
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Comines-Warneton · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Boutersem · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2018
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Other business support services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Heers · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · Vorst · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2009