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.
“polenta”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Baelen · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hoeilaart · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Viadana MN · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Pole'N Association sans but lucratif · Verviers · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2008
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kapellen · since 2023
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Football clubs · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of PERFORMATIVE OFFICE OF LIVING EXPERIMENTATIONS · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Ravels · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Keerbergen · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lievegem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of THE CHANGEMAKERY · Other business support services · Rixensart · since 2011
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2018