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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Liège · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Turnhout · since 2024
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Trade name of AT SCAN · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Leuven · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Scan Grote Opiniepeilingen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Genk · since 2005
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SADI CLAEYS ASSURDEL · Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SERVICE COMPLET ALIMENTAIRE · Koekelberg · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Athlétisme · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SCA MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Perwez · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sport & Coaching Aerts · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Boechout · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Sporting Club Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Stockholm · since 1982
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SCANOIL UK LIMITED · London · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · Wommelgem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SCANTEC INDUSTRIES · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Vorst · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Computer programming · Kapellen · since 2020
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Land surveying · Kruisem · since 2022
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Other business support services · Laarne · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van tandwielen, lagers en andere drijfwerkelementen · Tournai · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SYNCHRO CLUB AALST · Aalst · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société belge de Représentations textiles et alimentaires · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1958
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Brussel · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2012