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.
“UNFOLD”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Other education · since 2020
-
Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2022
-
Book publishing · Gent · since 2026
-
Activities of holding companies · Diksmuide · since 2015
-
Computer programming · Geel · since 2017
-
Computer programming · Jodoigne · since 2026
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
-
Antwerpen · since 2011
-
Other sports activities · Haacht · since 2007
-
Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Huy · since 2026
-
Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · Schoten · since 2020
-
Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
-
Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2015
-
Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Zoersel · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of Fédération des opérateurs en Logistique et Douanes · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2023
-
Other information technology and computer services · Kortrijk · since 2009