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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of sports facilities · Antwerpen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Dienst Gynecologie Verloskunde Sint-Augustinus · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Izegem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SAVER ENERGY · Other technical testing and analysis · Izegem · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ledegem · since 1999
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · FEUQUIERES · since 2020
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ingelmunster · since 2003
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Merchtem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Solidarité et Soutien aux alternatives pour l'Emploi et la Qualité de vie · since 1981
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Office administrative and support services · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Abbreviation of SAVE Foundation · Leuven · since 2019
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Investigation and private security services · since 1998
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Nursing and midwifery · Lievegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Stichting Architectuurarchieven · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Mortsel · since 2007