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.
“POPULUS”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE DU PEUPLIER · Antoing · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Sint-Truiden · since 1990
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Teelt van druiven · Staden · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Bredene · since 2022
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of LES ORGANISATEURS · Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lanaken · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Vlaanderen · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Retie · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Pop Up Virus Culturel · Mons · since 2013
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beringen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of GILDIS TWO · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of POP-UP CREATIVE HOTSPOT · Advertising agencies · Mettet · since 2008