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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Ath · since 2014
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Arlon · since 2009
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Charleroi · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Ternat · since 1989
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Other software publishing · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 1992
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Materials recovery from waste · Awans · since 2009
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Abbreviation of SERVIO-BELGIUM · Brussel · since 1968
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1953
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Aalter · since 1989
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Stekene · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Roeselare · since 1998
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Namur · since 2013
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1996
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Namur · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Development of non-residential building projects · Kruisem · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Rebecq · since 2006
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Other building finishing work · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Sociaal Economische Raad van Vlaanderen · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Brussel · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes de Réalisations Valenciennoise · Valenciennes · since 1979
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Virton · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2010
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Wevelgem · since 1980