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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.
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Same or very similar names
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1985
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1987
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Book publishing · Oudergem · since 1994
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Wommelgem · since 2010
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Mouscron · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Tielt · since 2012
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2020
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Lommel · since 1968
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Specialist medical practice · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1965
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · SASSENHEIM · since 2004
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Tiel · since 1989
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Other software publishing · Tielt · since 2017
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.