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.
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Theux · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2019
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Football clubs · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Tervuren · since 2017
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Abbreviation of PERFORMATIVE OFFICE OF LIVING EXPERIMENTATIONS · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1982
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Ravels · since 1992
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Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2002
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Abbreviation of GROUPE POLEMO · Braine-le-Château · since 1967
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Riemst · since 1975
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zwevegem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Pole Dance Ninja Association sans but lucratif · Péruwelz · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · Edegem · since 2024
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 2022
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Torhout · since 1974
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Lennik · since 1977
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
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Machining of metals · Kontich · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Cultural education · Elsene · since 2017