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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Florenville · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1987
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Huy · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Somali Community Federation of Belgium · Braine-le-Comte · since 2026
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Ukkel · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Société de commercialisation à l'Exportation · Reims · since 1978
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société de Contrôles Belges & Européens · Faimes · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Liège · since 1981
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Kuurne · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE D'EXPORTATION · Development of residential building projects · Waterloo · since 1994
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2017
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Logging · Vielsalm · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COMMERCIALE DE BETAIL ET VIANDES · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Hastière · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Société concessionnaire du Bastogne Historical Center · Bastogne · since 1975
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Dental practice · Elsene · since 1927
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Landscape service activities · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of AUTO SATELLITES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Essen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Immo Vilvoorde · Vilvoorde · since 1962
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General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 1986
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General electrical installation work · Foetz · since 1979
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Waterloo · since 1989
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Other business support services · Torhout · since 1996
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2015
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Argenteuil · since 2011
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Land surveying · Turnhout · since 2016
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Dental practice · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Lubbeek · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Société belge d'expertises industrielles et commerciales, Méthode Cabinet Roux de Paris · Antwerpen · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'exportation · Mons · since 1985
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1953
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Abbreviation of Marchal et Cie · Liège · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative belge de Garages · Vorst · since 1955
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Couvin · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
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Charleroi · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Société de Confections et Textiles · Ronse · since 1961
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Brussel · since 1968