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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Vorst · since 1978
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Other business support services · since 2005
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Waterloo · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Antwerps Bevrachtings-, Expeditie en Stouwerijbedrijf · Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Abbreviation of ABES EDEGEM · Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Edegem · since 1984
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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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Abbreviation of Association pour promouvoir le bien-être à travers le sport · Ukkel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Association Belge pour l'environnement et la Santé · Liège · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aalst · since 2010
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Abbreviation of AIR BRAKE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lier · since 2005
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TRIAMUSEMENT · Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Vorst · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ramillies · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Other retail sale of food · since 2003
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Oupeye · since 1987