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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Present, Caritas Vrijwilligerswerk · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of PAULUSSEN - JANSSENS · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Hoogstraten · since 1998
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Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2000
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Travel agency activities · Blankenberge · since 2000
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gent · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kortenberg · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 1977
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Other software publishing · Bornem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Present-it Interior · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · since 2011