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.
“SOFTWASH”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Grez-Doiceau · since 2017
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Haacht · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Leuven · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Zonnebeke · since 2025
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Bornem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of GHADIRI · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zemst · since 2000
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Useldange 8705 · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of TOPE · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Maasmechelen · since 1987
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Computer programming · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sambreville · since 2019
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of GHUMAN · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Computer programming · Assenede · since 2011
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Computer programming · Rotselaar · 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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Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Alain NIZET & FILS · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Chaudfontaine · since 2018