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.
“UMAFO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Boortmeerbeek · since 2022
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Utrecht · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Activities of head offices · Hamont-Achel · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2010
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Ternat · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 1917
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Abbreviation of L'Universelle Médicale Application · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1970
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 1987
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Abbreviation of UNITED MEDIA AGENCIES · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oudergem · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1969
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Abbreviation of UNIE MOSKEEEN ANTWERPEN · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
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Abbreviation of Un Moment d'Attention · Viroinval · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Umã Concept · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Abbreviation of L'UNION DES MAMANS EN ACTION · Vorst · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Un Monde Avenir · Elsene · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1975
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Other retail sale of food · since 1979
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1977
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1978
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Union des musulmans d’Aubange · Aubange · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Un Meilleur Avenir · Mouscron · since 2025