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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.

“SUBIN”

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.

  • SUBIN same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Flémalle · since 2015
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2017
  • Surin very similar
    Name of an establishment of LAX · Other retail sale of food · since 2018
  • Surin (sole trader) very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2022
  • GUBIN (sole trader) very similar
    Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · since 2014
  • SAS AUBIN very similar
    BRIGNAIS · since 2026
  • SUBEN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · De Haan · since 2026
  • YUBIN very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2000
  • RUBIN very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 2016
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
  • Subite similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laarne · since 2020
  • SUBICO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2003
  • S.U.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Société d'Urbanisme de Belgique · Brussel · since 1949
  • SuB similar
    Abbreviation of De Sietekaristen ut 't Brugsche · Brugge · since 2006
  • SUBTS ROBIN similar
    Physiotherapy · Menen · since 2019
  • Subisco similar
    Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Wavre · since 1975
  • St. Aubin similar
    Other business support services · Schilde · since 2023

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