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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Maaseik · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2019
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Zwevegem · since 1982
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Machining of metals · Lichtervelde · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 2000
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Bredene · since 2021
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General medical practice · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1989
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Schoten · since 1959
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Oostende · since 1989
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Grobbendonk · since 1993
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Abbreviation of ANDERLECHT INITIATIVES 21e SIECLE · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION NDIBU ANDI · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Edegem · since 2002
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1985
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Abbreviation of APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY · Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Beringen · since 2011
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Roeselare · since 1993
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Londerzeel · since 2009
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Inland freight water transport · since 1970
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2018
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Menen · since 2022
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Other education · Ranst · since 2010
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019