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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.

“Tv-Rex”

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.

  • Tv-Rex same name
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2008
  • TOREX very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Grimbergen · since 1988
  • avreX very similar
    Name of an establishment of Louis Cinq · Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2016
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TVR similar
    Abbreviation of Tovaro · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lummen · since 2014
  • TVR similar
    Abbreviation of Treatment Virginal Recycling · Materials recovery from waste · Ittre · since 2019
  • TVR similar
    Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Herselt · since 2019
  • since 1990
  • T.V.R. similar
    Abbreviation of TOM VAN RANST · Nutrition and dietetics services · Bornem · since 2006
  • T-vR similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wommelgem · since 2024

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