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.
“Progr3ss”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Maaseik · since 2021
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Computer programming · Zele · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wavre · since 1992
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Waremme · since 2002
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Geel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PROGRESS BOUWBEGELEIDING · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ANS HUYS · Physiotherapy · Affligem · since 2023
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Hulshout · since 1989
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION DE LA GESTION RESPONSABLE EN ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE · Activities of holding companies · Mons · since 1996
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Hulshout · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 1985
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 1993
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Brussel · since 2000
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1979
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Other information technology and computer services · Rochefort · since 2007
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Floor and wall tiling · Awans · since 2022
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Dental practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007