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.
“TEL AND COM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Beaumont · since 2019
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Destelbergen · since 1996
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Izegem · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1993
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Other education · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of EMMA · Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Hulshout · since 1989
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ukkel · since 1993
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Drunen · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2017
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Halen · since 2008
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gistel · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of WERBROUCK L en C · Full-service restaurants · Pittem · since 1985
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Development of residential building projects · Bredene · since 1987