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.
“Posterpoint”
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.
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Retail sale of antiques · Middelkerke · since 2022
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Wevelgem · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Leuven · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Lanaken · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BROUWERS - ESSERS · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Hamont-Achel · since 2002
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Oupeye · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Aalter · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BRANDWEER ZONE RAND · Brandweer · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2008
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1988