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.
“Preminox”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Herstal · since 2020
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · TAMSWORTH · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Lebbeke · since 1997
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DC Real Estate · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Elsene · since 1979
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Tienen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Fleurus · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Arendonk · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister · Federale overheid · Brussel · since 1968
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Alveringem · since 2014
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2015
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Visual arts creation · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PREMIUM PLUS · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2025
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Leuven · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Other education · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Seraing · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of NACE · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of PREMIUM TAXI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2016