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.
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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Business and other management consultancy · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2017
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of UNION INTERNATIONALE DE LA PRESSE FRANCOPHONE · Brussel · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Union des praticiens de la fiscalité · Waterloo · since 1975
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Abbreviation of URBAN PROPERTY FUND · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Union de Producteur-ice-s Francophones de Films & Séries · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Aile belge de l'Union Internationale de la Presse francophone · Ukkel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of UNIVERSAL PEACE FEDERATION BELGIUM · Anderlecht · since 2008