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.
“ADANUS”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Dienstbeton aan ambachten en Neringen (Sociaal en Fiscaal Dienst-Beton) · Mechelen · since 1945
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Abbreviation of Association des Amis du Niger · Liège · since 1971
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 2012
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Other financial services · Lommel · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · Edegem · since 2016
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Namur · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Association des Anciens de la Faculté de Droit de Namur · Namur · since 1973
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Other technical testing and analysis · Nazareth · since 1999
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 2008
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Halle · since 1996