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.
“Science 11”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of non-residential building projects · Gent · since 2023
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2005
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Development of non-residential building projects · Ukkel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
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Wilmington DE 19805 · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · NORMANVILLE · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Stichting Wetenschapsinformatie - Science Press Projects Foundation · since 1997
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Abbreviation of ScienceÉchos - Collection d'instruments scientifiques et didactiques anciens de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles · Mons · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Brugge · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Vocational training · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Science at Work Staffing België · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Sound recording · since 2021
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Soumagne · since 2022
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2011
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Leuven · since 2006
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Scientific Network - Wetenschappelijk Netwerk · Brussel · since 1993