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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Nijlen · since 2002
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Charleroi · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · Liège · since 2012
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Employment placement agencies · since 1993
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Computer programming · Gesves · since 2015
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Noordwijk · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2004
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Wholesale of other household goods · Beerse · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Société Parisienne d'Expansion Chimique · Paris 8e · since 1952
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE PROMOTION ET D'ETUDE DE CONCEPTS IMMOBILIERS · Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 1997