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.
“YELBA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Poperinge · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Herk-de-Stad · since 1992
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Mons · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2016
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Tielt · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Alken · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Izegem · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Computer programming · Aalter · since 2023
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Ath · since 2002
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Abbreviation of YOUNG EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP · Brussel · since 2013
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Izegem · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Seneffe · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BART HERTOGS · Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Brecht · since 2021