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.
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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Full-service restaurants · Nivelles · since 1994
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Charleroi · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koekelberg · since 1998
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Production of cinema films · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Insulation installation · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Remich · since 2011
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Liège · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Brugge · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1923
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Wielsbeke · since 1968
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Insulation installation · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of FAST-ONE · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Aalst · since 1999
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Abbreviation of L'UNION DES ETABLISSEMENTS RELEGIEUX DE L'EUROPE · Elsene · since 2002
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Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association des ukrainiens Unité · Habay · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Walhain · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Coordination Syndicale Interrégionale Hainaut / Hauts-de-France / West-Vlaanderen · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Tournai · since 2004
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Abbreviation of UInion Drogenbos Volley-Ball · Ukkel · since 2005
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Other postal and courier activities · Liège · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1923
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Abbreviation of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs UNION of the European People's Party · Elsene · since 2007