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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PRELUDIS same name
    General construction of residential buildings · La Hulpe · since 2010
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1990
  • Prelude similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kluisbergen · since 2023
  • Prelude similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Aalter · since 2010
  • Prelude similar
    Computer programming · Liège · since 2011
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
  • PLUDIS similar
    Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Bree · since 2002
  • ELUDIS similar
    Abbreviation of Escrime ludique pour tous · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
  • PREDIS similar
    Freight transport by road · Temse · since 2004
  • LUDIS similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Colfontaine · since 2021

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