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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Treebune”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Treebune same name
    Development of non-residential building projects · Brussel · since 2025
  • Treebu very similar
    Other education · Gembloux · since 2020
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TRIBUNE similar
    Name of an establishment of LAOLA ENTERTAINMENT · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • TRIBUNE similar
    Name of an establishment of ESDAL · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • TREEBOO similar
    Machelen (Brab.) · since 2017
  • TREE BEE similar
    Brussel · since 2009
  • TRIBUNE similar
    Name of an establishment of WEDWINKEL · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2014
  • TREE similar
    Computer programming · Mortsel · since 2011
  • TREE similar
    Abbreviation of The Real Estate Effect · Elsene · since 2025

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