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.
“UMBA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 2011
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Universiteit voor het Maatschappelijk Belang · Other membership organisations · Hasselt · since 2016
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Abbreviation of UNIMAX · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wuustwezel · since 1983
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Abbreviation of culture (m) bantu · Liège · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Saint-Ghislain · since 2009
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Overijse · since 2024
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Socio-cultural adult education · Anderlecht · since 2009
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since 2007
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Riemst · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CADILAC · Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Anderlecht · since 2001
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Leuven · since 1987