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.
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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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Santpoort-Noord · since 1992
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE IMMOBILIERE ET FORESTIERE · Logging · Elsene · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Mons · Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Mons · since 1968
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Abbreviation of structure d'instruction de la plongee · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Section Information Presse · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SERVICES INFORMATIQUES POUR PROFESSIONNELS · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Tournai · since 2001
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Abbreviation of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION PARTNERS · Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2021
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Immobilière et Forestière · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société Immobilière Poutroise · Elsene · since 1987