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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sittard · since 1997
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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since 1990
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Abbreviation of SERVICE D'ORIENTATION DES FAMILLES ET DE THERAPIE · Other social work without accommodation · Huy · since 2001
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2000
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Ukkel · since 1975
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2006
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Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · Overijse · since 2023
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Logistics services · Brugge · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zemst · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Rijkevorsel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE, FEMMES, AFRIQUE ET DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 1985
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Elsene · since 1991
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Herstal · since 2023
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Operation of sports facilities · Herselt · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 1972