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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2014
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Dendermonde · since 2003
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Buggenhout · since 1981
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Mixed farming · since 2001
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Other printing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van andere pompen en compressoren · Izegem · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2018
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brecht · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1994
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 2019
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Trade name of YASMINA · Cafés and bars · since 2007