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.
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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Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Rixensart · since 2017
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Mortsel · since 1962
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Brussel · since 1963
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Abbreviation of TRAVELLERS CLUB · Bree · since 1976
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Herselt · since 1981
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · De Panne · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DADAMAEL · Hairdressing and barber services · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of PERU · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2005
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Estaimpuis · since 2008
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Anderlecht · since 1975
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Real estate agency activities · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ROGREMAUT · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Hockey Club Lokeren · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Lokeren · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Au’Club · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Wemmel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Verviers · since 1971
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Brussel · since 1965
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since 1946
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Zwevegem · since 2010
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Lendelede · since 1997
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Brugge · since 1977