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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2006
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 1992
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1985
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Activities of company auditors · Soumagne · since 2008
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since 1997
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2025
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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since 2002
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2015
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Proefboren en boren · Wemmel · since 2020
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since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Logistics services · Andenne · since 2013
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2020
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Translation services · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Roofing work · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lasne · since 2023