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.
“SKABO”
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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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Ingenieurs-, ontwerp-, en coördinatiebureau STABO · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1972
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brecht · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Floor and wall tiling · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Westerlo · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Sport Kids Academy · Namur · since 2020
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Lochristi · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
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Office administrative and support services · Pajottegem · since 1983
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Meise · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1978
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 1993
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Office administrative and support services · Roeselare · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Abbreviation of KABO ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Ninove · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Lennik · since 2024