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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Namur · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2024
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Manage · since 2026
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La Louvière · since 2025
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Retail sale of games and toys · Wavre · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2017
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Abbreviation of All Equipment Distribution · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Thuin · since 2021
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since 1996
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Abbreviation of Advanced Technology Distribution · General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Fleurus · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · Ukkel · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Other postal and courier activities · Courcelles · since 2005
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Wholesale of other food products · FONTAINEBLEAU · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Herstal · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Houyet · since 2007
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Namur · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lierneux · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2018
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Abbreviation of All Car Care Distribution · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Roeselare · since 2018
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Lasne · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Waterloo · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 2022
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2012
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Malle · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1997
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Elsene · since 1964
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Mettet · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · since 2014
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Brussel · since 2012
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Trade name of APPHIA AUTO FULL SERVICES · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Colfontaine · since 2020
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SOMAIN · since 2007
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Media representation · Tournai · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Estaimpuis · since 1982
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Sprimont · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2001
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Amay · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Alken · since 2013
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1969
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2020
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1996
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Waterloo · since 2013
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Jette · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Plombières · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Quaregnon · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2008
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1978
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1990
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Heuvelland · since 2010
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Elsene · since 1973
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Bernissart · since 1990