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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Lasne · since 1981
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lasne · since 1985
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2014
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Willebroek · since 1996
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 2022
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Nandrin · since 2004
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Rotselaar · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE NIVELLOISE DE MATERIAUX · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Seneffe · since 1977
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Braine-le-Château · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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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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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Zele · since 2009