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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of FAMCO · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roosdaal · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ASSESSE, PATRIMOINE, PROMENADES, EMBELLISSEMENT, LOISIRS · Assesse · since 1989
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Other retail sale of food · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Association professionnelle des psychologues cliniciens de la parole et du langage · Namur · since 2016
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since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Mol · since 2021
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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since 2000
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Painting of buildings · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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since 1973
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Peird van Appels · Other membership organisations · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Royal Appels Korfbal · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Dendermonde · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Holsbeek · since 2002
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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since 1977
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Brussel · since 1993
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Sint-Truiden · since 1985
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents du Paradis des Enfants · Etterbeek · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2016
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Leuven · since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association des Professeurs de Pedagogie de l'Enseignement Officiel · Vorst · since 1966
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ledegem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Association de parents de l'école communale de Cointe · Liège · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Roosdaal · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1988
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Mixed farming · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Hove · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Event catering · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of CHILLI CLUB · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Rixensart · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aartselaar · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2009