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.
“SEAFOX”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Varna · since 2013
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2021
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Brussel · since 2010
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2021
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KERKRADE · since 2014
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SOUTIEN DES ENFANTS ABANDONNES ET DES FEMMES DEMUNIES · Other retail sale of food · Evere · since 2017
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Diksmuide · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Sea Fun, de lokale omroep van Knokke-Heist · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2018