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.
“PODART”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2022
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Socio-cultural adult education · Mons · since 2019
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Charleroi · since 1979
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Elsene · since 1983
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1995
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Raising of dairy cattle · Stabroek · since 1999
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Halle · since 2001
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1993
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Koekelberg · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Laureins · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Andenne · since 1995
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Abbreviation of DELVOYE ART · Other retail sale of new goods · Gent · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Ath · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Grobbendonk · since 2004