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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2012
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Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Verviers · since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tienen · since 2022
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Other personal services · Saint-Nicolas · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Oostende · since 1997
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Visé · since 2000
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Vilvoorde · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of GroupConsult · Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Schilde · since 2018
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Wavre · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Wellen · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Herstal · since 2022