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.
“Pro Export”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Centre régional pour la Promotion des Exportations et du Commerce Extérieur - Regionaal Centrum voor de Bevordering van de Export en van de Buitelandse Handel · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1976
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of I.C.K. · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of HUGO · Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 1996
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Milano 20134 · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2015
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Ukkel · since 1987
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1984
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since 1988
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1989
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Computer programming · Asse · since 2017
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Wevelgem · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Carrier Fire & Security EMEA · Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Wommelgem · since 1974
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1986
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Other sports activities · Anderlues · since 1988
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Elsene · since 1989
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Bierbeek · since 1990
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Anhée · since 1991
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Other sports activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2000
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1981
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Evere · since 2024
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2011
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Elsene · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of PRO SPORT BV · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · 's Hertogenbosch · since 2015
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Arlon · since 1995