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.
“REFUGES”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Wavre · since 2017
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Abbreviation of L'Alternative · Youth work associations · Fleurus · since 1998
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Grimbergen · since 2017
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Bertrix · since 2025
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Namur · since 2022
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Abbreviation of REFUGE SAINT-JOB · Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2012
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Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Heuvelland · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of UNION CALL · Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2000
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Other membership organisations · Houffalize · since 2024
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Retail sale of antiques · Elsene · since 2020
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Name of BRUSSEL OPVANGHUIS · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Elsene · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wuustwezel · since 2023
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Activities of notaries · Mons · since 2002
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Other retail sale of food · since 2009