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.
“XENOX”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lasne · since 2002
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Schilde · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of XENON Burgerlijke Maatschap · Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · WAALWIJK · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Mom&Pop Super Mega Farm · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2023
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Arlon · since 2006
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Zaventem · since 1945
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Overijse · since 1990
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kluisbergen · since 1995
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Schilde · since 1998
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Abbreviation of RENOX PROJECTS · General construction of residential buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Other construction installation · Arendonk · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2019
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boom · since 2001
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Literary creation · Brussel · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brecht · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · since 1999
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Graphic design and visual communication · Ranst · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 1994
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Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Vorst · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Ciney · since 2021