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.
“Tricks for Bricks”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 2014
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Aalst · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 1999
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Yor Group · Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Laarne · since 2026
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Utrecht · since 2016
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Production of cinema films · Jette · since 1999
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Lokeren · since 2011