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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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HOUSE MAONO · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Liège · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1991
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Zelzate · since 2005
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Eghezée · since 2022
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Psychology services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2014
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2017
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Book publishing · Vorst · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Willebroek · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Willebroek · since 2025