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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SPOND”

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.

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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.

  • SPOND same name
    Mechelen · since 1985
  • SPONN (sole trader) very similar
    Manufacture of other wood products · since 2026
  • SPOLD very similar
    Abbreviation of VERENIGING TER BEVORDERING ONTWIKKELING LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT - SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT · since 1996
  • SOOND very similar
    Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 2019
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SPONDEO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ganshoren · since 2010
  • S.P.O. similar
    Abbreviation of SMART PEOPLE ONLY · Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 1998
  • SPO similar
    Abbreviation of SPO CONSEIL · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
  • Spontin similar
    Name of an establishment of VIVAQUA · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Brussel · since 1968
  • SPONTIN similar
    Name of an establishment of BRU-CHEVRON · Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Stoumont · since 1925
  • Landscape service activities · since 2017
  • Spontin similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Yvoir · since 2007

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