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.
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Gent · since 2019
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Wholesale of other food products · Brugge · since 1954
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Oudergem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of LE SOUK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of TAKOYAKI & MORE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2008
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Plastering work · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2009
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Abbreviation of dames- en jeugdvolley Tamera · Lummen · since 2007
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Zele · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Estate Planning · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1996
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Got the Memo · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Rixensart · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Memo Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2004
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Abbreviation of MOVING EMOTIONS · Antwerpen · since 2008