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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other software publishing · Waterloo · since 2018
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Manage · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of WICHMANN · Cafés and bars · Eeklo · since 1982
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of VEVA COLLECTION · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Maldegem · since 1991
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Hove · since 1996
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Lebbeke · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE LUXOR TE 3740 BILZEN-BEVERST, SINT-GERTRUDISPLEIN · Bilzen · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Vanthournout - Sieben · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aalter · since 2004
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of JVM Technics · Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Brussel · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Deinze · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2019