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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other construction installation · since 2017
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE NEGOCE EUROPEEN · Wholesale of timber · Bernissart · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SAUVEGARDONS NOTRE ENVIRONNEMENT · Soignies · since 1998
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Abbreviation of SPECIALISED NUTRITION EUROPE · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of SONGES DE NUITS D' ETE · Soignies · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Snef-Yachting · Cafés and bars · Seneffe · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Sambre Nettoyage Entretien Travaux · Floyon · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Sports Nautiques de l'Eau d'Heure · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Froidchapelle · since 1982
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Veldhoven · since 1996
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Brussel · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Dental practice · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2010
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Dunkerque · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · Tervuren · since 1989