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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Boom · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Assenede · since 1990
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zele · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Réseau d'Information et de Documentation sur l'Amérique Latine · Elsene · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2016
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Brasschaat · since 1991
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Screed work · Gent · since 2026
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Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 2001
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Abbreviation of reseau des femmes immigrees et d'origine etrangere en belgique · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lokeren · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1994