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.
“SORENAM”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 1991
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Namur · since 1986
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Gieten van ijzer · Chaudfontaine · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Formations & Enseignement Namur · Namur · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Wavre · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of 32GROUP · General electrical installation work · Brussel · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Neufchâteau · since 2018
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Beerse · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1934
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Full-service restaurants · Overijse · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société de Recherches et d'Applications Médicales S.A. · Geneve · since 1974
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE REASSURANCE MARITIME · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Crisnée · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of J&D COMPANY · Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Hove · since 2010
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Office administrative and support services · Deinze · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société de Recherches et d'Exploitations Industrielles · Ukkel · since 1958
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1977
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Brussel · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019