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.
“SIOP”
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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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société belge des Infirmiér(e)s en Oncologie · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dessel · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Geel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Syndicat d'initiative de l'Ourthe Superieure · Tourist information services · Houffalize · since 1965
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2013
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Psychology services · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2012
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Utrecht · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SIO2 Solutions · Joinery installation · Leuven · since 2023