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.
“Yellow Bricks”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2020
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brussel · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of other sports clubs · Geel · since 2018
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Hasselt · since 2013
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Vorst · since 1994
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Oudergem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ARTEGRAPH · Computer programming · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2018
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2000
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Zuienkerke · since 2005
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Leuven · since 1999
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2012
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Risk and damage evaluation · Vorst · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Merksplas · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Kortrijk · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of FiBaMiSh · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lievegem · since 2019