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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2010
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Visé · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Les Amis du Musée Armand Rassenfosse à Liège · Liège · since 2009
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · Waregem · since 2012
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Brussel · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MED EVENTS · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mortsel · since 1997
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Diest · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lochristi · since 1990
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of LOCO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2018
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Gent · since 2018
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of JOAN · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Amicale de l'Athénée Royal d'Ixelles asbl · Elsene · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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since 2011