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.
“ZILA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Zwerfkat in Le(u)ven vzw · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Tielt-Winge · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BOKSTEEN AQUACULTURE · Research and development on biotechnology · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ZOE INTERNATIONAL LIFE CENTER ASBL · Arlon · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Other business support services · Vleteren · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merchtem · since 2022
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Mons · since 2004
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Brussel · since 2017