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.
“Proforma”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vocational training · Liège · since 1990
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Ramillies · since 2016
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Mechelen · since 2004
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Hasselt · since 1986
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2018
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Kuurne · since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · Hasselt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION DE LA FORMATION POUR ADULTES · Namur · since 2000
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1981
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2015
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6546 BV NIJMEGEN · since 2018
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Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Brussel · since 2006
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Oudergem · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2022
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Aalter · since 2011
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Investigation and private security services · Ieper · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · Lochristi · since 1976
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Abbreviation of JANSSEN en DE JONG PLANCOORDINATIE B.V. · Roermond · since 1980
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Vorst · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Retail sale of other household articles · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Manufacture of jewellery · Leuven · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PRoF-Consortium · Other business support services · Poperinge · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Forma Brussels · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ukkel · since 1985
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Leuven · since 1987
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · since 2015