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.
“SUNTRADE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wuustwezel · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van synthetische rubber in primaire vormen · since 1988
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Retail sale of household furniture · Ukkel · since 2021
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Removal services · Turnhout · since 1974
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Operation of sports facilities · Herselt · since 2010
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1968
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Freight transport by road · Pajottegem · since 1972
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Other building finishing work · Brussel · since 1983
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Travel agency activities · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Rijkevorsel · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1991
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Detailhandel in wapens en munitie · Perwez · since 2016
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2007
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2015
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Other sports activities · since 2019
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Ukkel · since 1975
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Elsene · since 2022
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2025