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.
“SW Horses”
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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Operation of sports facilities · Hasselt · since 2024
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Pet training · since 2025
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Braine-le-Comte · since 2015
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2026
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Raising of horses and other equines · Jurbise · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Nieuwpoort · since 2016
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Operation of sports facilities · Koekelare · since 2023
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Trade name of L & K 't Ros Beiaard · Raising of horses and other equines · Dendermonde · since 1986
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Maldegem · since 2001
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2016
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Raising of horses and other equines · Durbuy · since 2012
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Aalter · since 2006
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Psychology services · Lille · since 2017
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Other education · since 2013
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Raising of horses and other equines · Herentals · since 2004
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1993
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Tubize · since 2016
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2022