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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Lebbeke · since 1987
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Eischen 8479 · since 1996
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Vocational training · Wavre · since 1998
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Bocholt · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2006
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2004
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Maldegem · since 1999
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Brussel · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Zonhoven · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Aalter · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 2001
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Poperinge · since 2001
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Charleroi · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van bakstenen · Comines-Warneton · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Heuvelland · since 2011
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Maxilly-sur-Saône · since 1999
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Abbreviation of PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCE & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2008
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Other sports activities · Aywaille · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021