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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Fléron · since 2008
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plastering work · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of JUBA · Freight transport by road · Courcelles · since 1995
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Wommelgem · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Other retail sale of food · since 1999
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2014
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Waterloo · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2018
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Trade name of Gumako Electronics · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2007
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Edegem · since 2017
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
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Wetteren · since 1968
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Cafés and bars · since 2016