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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 1999
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Waregem · since 1984
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Willebroek · since 1970
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Comines-Warneton · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Waimes · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Charleroi · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ARKIUS CONSULTING SCS · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Perwez · since 2005
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Setra-Angelo Philoppart et Cie · Liège · since 1947
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ENTREPRISES ET DE TRAVAUX SES ARDENNES · Chooz · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Châtelet · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Gestion de l'Energie · Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Société d'études, Gestion et Exploitations commerciales · Kraainem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of SERVICES, ETUDES ET GESTION IMMOBILIERES · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Huy · since 1970
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Nijlen · since 1988
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wommelgem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Gestion et Maintenance · General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 1990