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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Temse · since 2015
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2007
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van niet-elektrische huishoudapparaten · Hasselt · since 2014
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Literary creation · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2024
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Denderleeuw · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1988
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Horebeke · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Holsbeek · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Lochristi · since 2019
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Day nurseries and crèches · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2017
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Grimbergen · since 2001