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.
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Roeselare · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CATHOM · Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2022
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since 1992
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Other legal services · since 2011
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Trade name of De Hondenhaven · Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Wommelgem · since 2006
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2024
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Other business support services · Halen · since 2020
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Other education · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Dental practice · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2021
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Gewoon kleuteronderwijs, n.e.g. · Etterbeek · since 2008
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News agency activities · since 1996
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2008
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Assesse · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lierde · since 2018
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since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Quaregnon · since 2000
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Philippeville · since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Malmedy · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of A.G.N. INTERNATIONAL · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Gegevensdienst voor Zelfstandig Ondernemen · Rumst · since 1993
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS DU GOUTER DE NOEL,cercle théatral · Walcourt · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other education · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Flémalle · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2010
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since 2013
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Couvin · since 1990
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Etterbeek · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Art & Wine · Full-service restaurants · Anhée · since 1993