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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ALLE NATUURWETTEN NALEVEN · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schoten · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of De rebellenclub · Sports and recreation education · Mol · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2007
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Day nurseries and crèches · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1958
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gembloux · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Association of National Numbering Agencies · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1992
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Overige accommodatie · Wetteren · since 2000
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1995
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1976
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2018
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Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Other education · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wuustwezel · since 2023
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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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Psychology services · De Haan · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Stekene · since 1993
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Brugge · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mortsel · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gavere · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Meise · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants
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Kaprijke · since 2013
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Brugge · since 2019
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1999
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Lede · since 2020
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Floor and wall tiling · Leopoldsburg · since 2021
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ramillies · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Kapellen · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Landscape service activities · Dessel · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Olen · since 2007
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2007
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Manufacture of outerwear · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Visé · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Lochristi · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1986
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Erpe-Mere · since 1989
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since 2004