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.
“SMAPIC”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2015
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Computer programming · Jodoigne · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2014
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Turnhout · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Vorst · since 2020
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Vorselaar · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Corporation des Patrons Plombiers-Zingueurs · Charleroi · since 1917
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Abbreviation of Assoc. des Producteurs et Importateurs-Concess. de Prod. Pharm. de l'Union Prof. des Grossistes en Prod. Pharmaceut · Schaarbeek · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Les Amis de la Passerelle, d'Inter-Actions et de la Croisette · Hannut · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association des Professeurs de Pratique professionnelle d'hotellerie de l'i.e.g. - c.e.r.i.a. · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR L'INTEGRITE DES CAMPAGNES DE BLANDAIN, HERTAIN, LAMAIN ET MARQUAIN · Tournai · since 2001
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Trade name of APICBASE · Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Antwerpen · since 2014