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.
“URA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Abbreviation of Union régionale des Arbalétriers · Brussel · since 1978
-
Abbreviation of GRANDES MAREES · Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 1981
-
Abbreviation of BOUTIQUE DE L'HARMONIE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chastre · since 1987
-
Brugge · since 2018
-
General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Vereniging voor de Urbanisatie en de Renovatie van de Agglomeratie Gent · Gent · since 1950
-
Meise · since 1990
-
Abbreviation of UNION DES REFUGIES AFGHANES EN BELGIQUE · since 1998
-
Plumbing work · Geel · since 2025
-
Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Schaarbeek · since 1985
-
Abbreviation of Uranologie · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2013
-
Abbreviation of URUMURI RWA AFURIKA MU MAHANGA · Leuven · since 2013
-
Bricklaying and masonry work · WARCQ · since 2026
-
Abbreviation of UNITED RADIO · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2000
-
Abbreviation of Upstroke Records · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Lochristi · since 2023