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.
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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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Aide aux Nécessiteux anderlechtois · Anderlecht · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lanaken · since 1997
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Rumst · since 1998
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Châtelet · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Roeselare · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Altera Nobis Association · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2021
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of CHANIA · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Chaudfontaine · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Association Nationale d'Aide aux Sinistres · Brussel · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Nationale Vereniging tot Steun aan Gehandicapte Personen · Etterbeek · since 1931
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gembloux · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association of National Numbering Agencies · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1992
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Funeral services · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Abbreviation of De Vereniging voor Nigerianen-Afrikanen in België - Association of Nigerians-Africans in Belgium · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Overige accommodatie · Wetteren · since 2000
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Abbreviation of AMICALE NAMUROISE DES AGENTS PROVINCIAUX · Namur · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Living Geel · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geel · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Brussel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of SIMPLY FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Eeklo · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Evere · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2022
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Other education · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ANAS-B · Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2010
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aalst · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1986
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since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2005
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Floreffe · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 1992
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Wiltz · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other printing · since 2005
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Psychology services · Elsene · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2018