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.
“TOFIBA”
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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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Other education · Hove · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Financier de la Barberie · Mouscron · since 1999
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Hasselt · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2011
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Nazareth · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zottegem · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Kraainem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of EVALEM ALPHA · Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Elsene · since 1968
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Abbreviation of FIBA ACCOUNTANCY · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grobbendonk · since 1990
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Site preparation · Zele · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Zandhoven · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Boechout · since 2012