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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Hasselt · since 2004
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Schelle · since 2017
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Hasselt · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Lasne · since 1994
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1988
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Sint-Gillis(bij-Brussel) · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Diest · since 2014
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Plumbing work · Kraainem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Heusden-Zolder · Afvalwaterafvoer · Heusden-Zolder · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Brussels Ouderenplatform · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 1987
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Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 1985
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Kapellen · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2013
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Welkenraedt · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Nivelles · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Buggenhout · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Buggenhout · since 1968
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Beaumont · since 1986
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Elsene · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Engis · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Seniorissim · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Mons · since 2020
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Aiseau-Presles · since 2021
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Other business support services · Quévy · since 2004
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Willebroek · since 1999
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waterloo · since 2013
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Ukkel · since 2020
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Computer programming · Zottegem · since 2022
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SAINT-OUEN CEDEX · since 2012
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since 1967
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gooik · since 2014