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.
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Investigation and private security services · Ter Aar · since 1989
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Kippenkwekerijen · Brunehaut · since 1968
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MERSIN · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Investigation and private security services · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Ingelmunster · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Zele · since 2022
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Barendrecht · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Lokeren · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Essen · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · ROOSENDAAL · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Grobbendonk · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Oudenburg · since 2002
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · since 1994
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GORINCHEM · since 2018
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Watchtower Security Solutions Belgium · Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of SAFE AND SOUND · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Ukkel · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Lochristi · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 1982
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of D'tral · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Meise · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Ieper · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023