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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nijlen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1946
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Real estate agency activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Ardooie · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Tienen · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wavre · since 1987
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Other business support services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of AGORA-VDH · Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Kontich · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of FLORIS · Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Kontich · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Begeleidingscentrum voor personen met autisme · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Mechelen · since 1979
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since 1981
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Abbreviation of AGORA, DAS THEATER DER DEUTSCHSPRACHIGEN GEMEINSCHAFT BELGIENS VoG · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sankt Vith · since 1983
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Kortrijk · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Ieper · since 1990
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Activities of building architects · Mons · since 1991
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 1992
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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Blégny · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2003
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Abbreviation of CENTRE HELLENIQUE ET INTERCULTUREL DE BRUXELLES · Other membership organisations · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of NAVNEET · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Liège · since 2003
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Psychology services · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of DE MOLOTOV · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2009
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Roeselare · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Agora te 2950 Kapellen, aan de Antwerpsesteenweg en Essenhoutstraat (Dorpsplein 2-13) · Kapellen · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BOUGI · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2007
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Aartselaar · since 2025
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Leuven · since 1967
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Name of an establishment of AGORA PROJECTS · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Boortmeerbeek · since 1996