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.
“SAPERE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1996
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ieper · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Energie commune · Other business support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 1990
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Plumbing work · Ledegem · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · Mol · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Société Agricole et Patrimoniale d'Envoz · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Héron · since 1984
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since 1962
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Business and other management consultancy · Hélécine · since 2011
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société aquitaine pour l'Etude et le Contrôle des Eaux · Pau · since 1980
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE DES ASSEMBLEES PROTESTANTES EVANGELIQUES DE BELGIQUE · Activities of religious organisations · Rixensart · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Merksplas · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2021