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.
“UDS”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 1982
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Abbreviation of L'univers des simples asbl · Arlon · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Union des Syndics · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Abbreviation of United darts Sinnekloas · Other sports activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Abbreviation of UNIE DER SCENOGRAFEN · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of UNDERGROUND DANCE SCHOOL · Cultural education · Spa · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of L'UNIVERS DES SIMPLES - HERBORISTERIE · Other retail sale of food · Arlon · since 2004
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Abbreviation of United Dance School ASBL · Etalle · since 2026
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association pour l'usage, la défense et la promotion du saucisson gaumais IGP et de son appellation · Habay · since 2015
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Abbreviation of URBAN DEVELOPMENTS · Other information technology and computer services · Drogenbos · since 1989
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Abbreviation of United Dance · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of URBAN DESIGN · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Nandrin · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Union Démocrate · Ramillies · since 2007