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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1982
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 62 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2016
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since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2020
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Ninove · since 1998
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Event catering · Gent · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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ARNHEM · since 2016
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Plastering work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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since 2026
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Tortola · since 1993
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lier · since 2002
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2018
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Kortenberg · since 2019
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2021
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Enschede · since 2022
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Fitness centres · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Dental practice · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1993
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herent · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Buggenhout · since 2024
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Operation of sports facilities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1989
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Ninove · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Rumes · since 1996
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Brasschaat · since 2000
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Web portal activities · Waterloo · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2018
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Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Bütgenbach · since 2021
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Leuven · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BP ENTREPRISES · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Comines-Warneton · since 2011
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Mortsel · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Soignies · since 2026
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Lier · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of C & O Entreprises · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Chaudfontaine · since 1999
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Beerse · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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since 2022
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Ternat · since 2023