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.
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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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Uitgeven van kranten · Pont-à-Celles · since 2005
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Mons · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Arlon · since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Posture Editions · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Artistieke Projectruimte PostX · Performing arts by independent artists · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of G3 WORLDWIDE (BELGIUM) · Other postal and courier activities · Turnhout · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Turnhout · since 2022
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Development of non-residential building projects · Meise · since 2010
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Sint-Truiden Producties · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FOODCULTURE · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · Mouscron · since 2014