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.
“TODEX”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1968
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Ronse · since 1982
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Elsene · since 1995
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE DEVELOPPEMENT EXPORT · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Risk and damage evaluation · Ecaussinnes · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 1998
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1999
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2017
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Computer programming · Putte · since 2020
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Travel agency activities · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Land surveying · Boortmeerbeek · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · Eupen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · Hooglede · since 2009
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Riemst · since 1992
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waregem · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Dendermonde · since 2017
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Amsterdam · since 2018
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Boortmeerbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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DUIVEN · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Duiven · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of 't Open Deurtje · Contract catering and other food service activities · Brugge · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Office de Distribution et d'Exportation · Ukkel · since 1969