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.
“UNION B”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1923
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Wielsbeke · since 1968
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Insulation installation · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of FAST-ONE · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Aalst · since 1999
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Abbreviation of L'UNION DES ETABLISSEMENTS RELEGIEUX DE L'EUROPE · Elsene · since 2002
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Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association des ukrainiens Unité · Habay · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Coordination Syndicale Interrégionale Hainaut / Hauts-de-France / West-Vlaanderen · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Tournai · since 2004
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Abbreviation of UInion Drogenbos Volley-Ball · Ukkel · since 2005
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Other postal and courier activities · Liège · since 2024
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Koekelberg · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Union Nationale des Indépendants - Onafhankelijke Centrum Beweging · since 1956
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1940
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Wanze · since 1975
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Other financial services · Mechelen · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1964
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Abbreviation of SociEtE royale colombophile Union Orp · Orp-Jauche · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Manage · since 1996
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Tienen · since 2001
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Computer programming · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Name of Benelux Unie · Activiteiten van extraterritoriale organisaties en instanties · Brussel · since 1958
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1941
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Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 1977
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Vanavond · Media representation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Aalst · since 2009