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.
“POP LINE”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sound recording · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Eghezée · since 1999
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Anderlecht · since 1970
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Mol · since 1975
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Brugge · since 1988
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Other retail sale of food · since 1988
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1995
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2005
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Abbreviation of People of Pelt! · Pelt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Project Operation Partner · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2008
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Beersel · since 2002
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Lin3742 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2024