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.
“SAREFAT”
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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Gent · since 2001
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Maaseik · since 2023
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Other education · Aalter · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ronse · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2011
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Hasselt · since 1959
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'AUTOMATISATION ET DE REALISATION ELECTRO MECANIQUES · Evreux · since 1986
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Waterloo · since 2002
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Abbreviation of R & O LAB · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gembloux · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Service d'Aide à la Recherche d'Emploi pour personnes sourdes ou malentendantes en Wallonie · Other social work without accommodation · Namur · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Hasselt · since 2010
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beringen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of SAREMPARS · Other postal and courier activities · Bocholt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Les Relais Européens · Liège · since 1966
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Computer programming · Vleteren · since 1996