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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS DES BORDS DE SAMBRE · Charleroi · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Algemene Beton- en Dakdichtingssystemen · since 1989
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Au Bonheur de Saint Joseph · Herstal · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Wommelgem · since 1982
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWDIENST · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ART BOUW & DESIGN · Insulation installation · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aarschot · since 2016
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zedelgem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of A.B. DIFFUSION · Other specialised construction activities · Verviers · since 1987
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWWERKEN DE BEULE · General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of NOAM JEWELS · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oreye · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Namur · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Agence Belge de Développement et d'Investissement · Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Genk · since 2017
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Morlanwelz · since 2019
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2012
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Abbreviation of L' Association Belge de la Divine Volonté · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Ellotis · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Artisanal Belgian Doughnuts · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Schaarbeek · since 2004