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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1999
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1990
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2026
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Halle · since 1952
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Hera · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Association de régie technique et études scientifiques · Sound recording · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2006
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Beersel · since 1994
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1988
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wemmel · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Centre Communautaire d'Entraide · Visual arts creation · since 2007
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1951
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Herent · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hoogstraten · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ProActif · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Saint-Nicolas · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wavre · since 2023