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.
“SIGOS”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of XVI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gent · since 2003
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Literary creation · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Lierde · since 1990
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mersch · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Gooik · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Sportaco · Other sports activities · Jabbeke · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Turnhout · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1976
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Wemmel · since 1984
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halen · since 2014
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Hamois · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2017
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Insulation installation · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018
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Mersch · since 1972
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'INVESTISSEMENTS, DE GESTION ET D'ORGANISATION · La Hulpe · since 1987