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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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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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Grobbendonk · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ASBL Salle Sportive Saint-Michel · Esneux · since 1978
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Middenbeemster · since 1978
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2021
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Market research and public opinion polling · Bonheiden · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mechelen · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Algemene Filmondernemingen Aalst · Schaarbeek · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Aide Liégeoise aux Alcooliques, aux toxicomanes et à leur Famille · Ambulante hulpverlening aan drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Liège · since 1962
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION LIEGEOISE DE FOOTBALL AMATEUR · Crisnée · since 1978
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1981
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Blankenberge · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Mechelen · since 1984
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Leuven · since 1985
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Temse · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Duffel · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 1991
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Wholesale of machine tools · Zoutleeuw · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Truiden · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ALFA-TRAINING · Brugge · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ALLIANCE DES ROBINETIERS EUROPEENS · Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2014
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1998
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Alfa Archeologie · Leuven · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Beerse · since 2019
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Asse · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Havelange · since 2022
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since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Erpe-Mere · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of APVE · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Real Estate Services · Land surveying · Beerse · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Nijlen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Arendonk · since 2015
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Abbreviation of AARON RELATION ET ENCADREMENT SPORTIF · Other membership organisations · Oreye · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2015
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Inland freight water transport · Brugge · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2006
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1964
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Knokke-Heist · since 1982
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Keerbergen · since 1991