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.
“Rogge, Pascal”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1986
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since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1999
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since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2012
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
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Zutendaal · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BMRO · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Gent · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1988
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Support activities for crop production · since 2022
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since 2001
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1983
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since 1971
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Site preparation · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · since 1995
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since 1998
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since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2012
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since 2022
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since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006