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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other household articles · Brussel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Oosterzele · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Evere · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2019
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Bièvre · since 2021
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Event catering · Blankenberge · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Wemmel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2012
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of AC Capital Finance Trade · Dessel · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Mortsel · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Evere · since 2020
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 2006
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of A.D.E. ARCHITECTS SOCIETE CIVILE SPRL · Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Accueil des Enfants · Day nurseries and crèches · Verviers · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Aide à la Décision Economique · Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Académie des Enfants · Day nurseries and crèches · Waterloo · since 1996
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Zaventem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ALARME-DOMOTIQUE-ELECTRICITE · General electrical installation work · Aubel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS DES ENFANTS · Wavre · since 2002
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Logging · Attert · since 2020
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Abbreviation of L’âme de l’Europe · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of L'Atelier d'Emilie · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Arno's Data Expertise · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalter · since 2022
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Abbreviation of AD-ELEC · Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Gesves · since 2025
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Trade name of Video Repro · Huizen · since 1985
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Mechelen · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Evergem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of AD TRANSFORMATION & RENOVATION · General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2020
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1975
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Comines-Warneton · since 1980
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Zoersel · since 1987
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Diest · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Mouscron · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Brecht · since 2019
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Translation services · Ukkel · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Beauvechain · since 2022
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Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Mettet · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · Lievegem · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Mechelen · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Geel · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2024
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since 2025
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Abbreviation of Arnout Dewilde Electronica · Heuvelland · since 1951
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Abbreviation of AFRICAN GENERAL TRADING · Elsene · since 1997
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Etterbeek · since 2018