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.
“Record Run”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Maldegem · since 1980
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Other postal and courier activities · Vorst · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of A. WINAND · Other financial services · Welkenraedt · since 2004
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1990
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Jette · since 2004
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · BAAR · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Réseau européen des communes et régions brassicoles · Tourist information services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ZAKENKANTOOR VERPLAETSE-MAES · Agents and brokers in banking services · Waregem · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of EDDY MASSET · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Other financial services · since 1992
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LUXEMBOURG (VILLE) · since 2006
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Other financial services · since 2006
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE COMPANY · Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 1986
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Koekelare · since 2018
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Raising of other animals · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Gavere · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Schoten · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Herve · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Reconnect-up · Aywaille · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021