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.
“AUST”
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.
-
Namur · since 2017
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Association Universelle de Service · Brussel · since 1957
-
Abbreviation of ANTWERP UNDERWATER SALVAGE · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 1987
-
Name of an establishment of AUSTIS TOITURES · Roofing work · Aywaille · since 1999
-
Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2001
-
Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2002
-
Cafés and bars · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of Antwerp Underwater Solutions · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Temse · since 2017
-
Name of an establishment of ALTHOKA · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
-
Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2021
-
General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
-
Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
-
Kortrijk · since 2023
-
Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aalter · since 2011
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1981
-
Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lasne · since 2007
-
Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
-
Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2026
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · Ciney · since 1983
-
Computer programming · Liedekerke · since 2022
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2007
-
Abbreviation of Association de l'Unité Saint-Michel à Verviers · Verviers · since 1971
-
Abbreviation of Architecte Urbanisme Sécurité Expertise · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ciney · since 1989
-
Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
-
Construction of roads and motorways · since 2012
-
Abbreviation of LES AMIS DE L'UNION SAINT-GILLOISE · Brussel · since 2005
-
Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2022
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1976
-
Activities of lawyers · Kapellen · since 2012
-
Name of an establishment of De Dienstenfabriek · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Aarschot · since 2016
-
Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
-
Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
-
Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2025
-
Other business support services · Tubize · since 2010
-
Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Tournai · since 2011
-
Zoersel · since 1969
-
Balen · since 2020