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.
“Woosh”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Gent · since 2021
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Zelzate · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Estinnes · since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2004
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Cultural education · Brugge · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2019
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Werkgroep Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en Samenlevingsopbouw Heist-op-den-Berg · Other retail sale of food · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1982
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of WORLD OF SUPER HOSTS · Oostende · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Liège · since 2024
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since 1999