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.
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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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1982
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Wevelgem · since 2009
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of DISTRI-BIB · Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Kalmthout · since 2002
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Activities of lawyers · Liedekerke · since 2023
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1992
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Plastering work · Verviers · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kinrooi · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2012
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Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2021
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Tournai · since 2007
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2010
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Kortemark · since 1989
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Deerlijk · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Zelzate · since 2001
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Aalter · since 2012
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PARIS · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Wingene · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Oudsbergen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Oudsbergen · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Verviers · since 2010
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Abbreviation of The Onwards Collective · Other education · Roeselare · since 2024