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Compared with the KBO register · free

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 Des”

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

37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Aubel · since 1997
  • UNI - ONE similar
    Koekelberg · since 1999
  • UNION B similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • UNION.A similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2004
  • UNIONE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
  • Prague · since 1968
  • UNION MATES similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Geel · since 2007
  • Union 81 similar
    Wanze · since 1975
  • Union4U similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
  • Union 75 similar
    Other financial services · Mechelen · since 2025
  • Ramillies · since 2007
  • Unio similar
    Brussel · since 1940
  • Ondes similar
    Name of an establishment of CARWASH VAP-ECO · Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
  • Undes similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019

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