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.
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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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1976
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ALGEMEEN GLASBEDRIJF ANTWERPEN · Glaszetten · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of AKTIV GARTENBAU AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · Merkholz 9670 · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ASSISTANCE IMMOBILIERE NOTARIALE · Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Aide Globale Afrique asbl · Buitenlandse zaken · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Neufchâteau · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Arnaud Gillard Avocats · Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Au Grez des Armes · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ANTWERPSE GERECHTSDEURWAARDERS ASSOCIATIE · Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Profondeville · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Welkenraedt · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Computer programming · Namur · since 2025
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Computer programming · Flobecq · since 2026
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Plumbing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Agence Générale d'Automobile · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of AFBRAAKGROEP ANTWERPEN · since 2004