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.
“VALETUDO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Vosselaar · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Operation of sports facilities · Rixensart · since 2019
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VLT Group · Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2011
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Terenure, Dublin 6W · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Celis CTC · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Truiden · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Funeral services · Hannut · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brecht · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Maldegem · since 2011