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.
“Tenbos”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hoeilaart · since 1983
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Jabbeke · since 1983
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Elsene · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 1998
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Employment placement agencies · Asse · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Opwijk · since 1978
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Other business support services · since 1998
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Psychology services · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Herentals · since 2016
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Geschiedkundige Studiegroep Ten Boome · Boom · since 2017
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Berlaar · since 1986
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Lommel · since 1995
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Activities of head offices · Evergem · since 2021
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Ternat · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Ukkel · since 2017
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Ukkel · since 2019
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Mol · since 1981
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Other information service activities · Izegem · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2015
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Brussel · since 1998