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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.

“Surplex GmbH”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Surplex GmbH same name
    Wholesale of machine tools · Dusseldorf · since 2015
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Surplus similar
    Turnhout · since 1991
  • SURPLUS similar
    Other printing · Holsbeek · since 1991
  • Surplus similar
    Antwerpen · since 1997
  • SURPLUS similar
    Antwerpen · since 2001
  • Surplas similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2015
  • Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Zwevegem · since 2018
  • SURPLUS similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2021
  • SURPLUS similar
    Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Activities of interior architects · since 2004
  • Sur-Plus similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wetteren · since 2025
  • Surplace similar
    Name of an establishment of ROSARIO · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Bever · since 1998
  • SURPLACE similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Boechout · since 2014
  • SURPLACE similar
    Cafés and bars · Brasschaat · since 2015
  • Surplace similar
    Name of an establishment of T-wins Events · Other personal services · Berlare · since 2016
  • Surplace similar
    Trade name of 110th Street · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • Sur Place similar
    Name of an establishment of Blue 20 · Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2021
  • Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023

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