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.
“VITRO - ELITE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Mechelen · since 1990
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Blankenberge · since 1968
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Ranst · since 1981
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of AXA GROUP OPERATIONS BELGIUM · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2018
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Manufacture of beer · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Leopoldsburg · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ELECTRICITY INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY · General electrical installation work · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Prestige · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Wavre · since 2017
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vercauteren IT expertise · Computer programming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010