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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Select Interim bv”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Rosmalen · since 2009
  • SELECT very similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · Brunehaut · since 1968
  • SELECT very similar
    Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1995
  • SELECT + very similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 2001
  • Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 1990
  • Select very similar
    Abbreviation of Select dagbladhandel · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aartselaar · since 2021
  • Cafés and bars · since 2021
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2021
  • SELECT very similar
    Name of an establishment of MERSIN · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2006
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Selectin similar
    Abbreviation of Selectin Bouw & Technics · Other construction installation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
  • SELECTI similar
    Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2015
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
  • SELECTIV similar
    Activities of interior architects · Tubize · since 2023
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2026
  • Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1990
  • SELECTIRENTE similar
    EVRY · since 2006
  • selection similar
    Name of an establishment of Sélection · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Liège · since 1950
  • Selection similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1960
  • SELECTION similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Haaltert · since 2011
  • SELECTIEF similar
    Advertising agencies · Zandhoven · since 2022
  • Mixed farming · since 2013
  • Ronse · since 1991
  • S-ELECT similar
    General electrical installation work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
  • SELECT-IT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of SELITVER · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • W Interim en Selectie similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Trade name of HW Projects · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2019

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