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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Stekene · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gavere · since 2000
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Keerbergen · since 1988
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Roeselare · since 1999
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2001
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants
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Activities of lawyers · Kapellen · since 2022
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Edegem · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Kapellen · since 1996
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Lasne · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DAZIBA · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 1993
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Genève · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1976
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Psychology services · De Haan · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Olen · since 1981
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Other business support services · Jurbise · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Meise · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Lede · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Jette · since 2020
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ANST · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Herentals · since 1988
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Landen · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · La Louvière · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Lubbeek · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2005
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Sports and recreation education · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Geel · since 2025
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Erpe-Mere · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 2011