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.
“SUNPOWER”
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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kortrijk · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dentergem · since 2010
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Other cleaning activities · since 2010
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2004
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Tervuren · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Liège · since 2024
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Vosselaar · since 1982
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Koekelberg · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Brugge · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Roosdaal · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Essen · since 2011
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Gent · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Hasselt · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lokeren · since 1987
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Insulation installation · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Grez-Doiceau · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2018
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of SUN FLOWER E&C · Cafés and bars · Eghezée · since 2020
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Insulation installation · since 1983