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.
“TOBIT”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Rumst · since 2013
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Gent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Westerlo · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2019
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Computer programming · Pajottegem · since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · since 2020
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten op het gebied van weg- en waterbouw · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Malle · since 2008
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Interior design · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Construction of roads and motorways · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Trainers Organisatie Boogschieten · Blankenberge · since 1993
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oud-Heverlee · since 1986
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Computer programming · Liège · since 2025
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Gent · since 1987
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · since 2023