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.
“ARTICLE XXII”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2002
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 2001
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Name of ARTIKEL 27 · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Brussel · since 1999
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Other education · since 2010
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Wholesale of other household goods · Duffel · since 2005
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Other legal services · Ukkel · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993