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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Vorst · since 1988
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Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2024
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Riemst · since 1945
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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since 1997
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Oudergem · since 1998
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Development of non-residential building projects · Lier · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Herselt · since 2019
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Seneffe · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Alliance ASBL · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Market research and public opinion polling · Genappe · since 1983
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Computer programming · Oostende · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostende · since 2011
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2026
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1995
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlues · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Oostende · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association des Pharmaciens de la Province de Liège · Other tax advisory services · Liège · since 1901
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Abbreviation of L'Association laîque de Communautés éducatives · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1963
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
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since 2016