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.
“AYAD”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2026
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since 2013
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since 2015
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anzegem · since 1994
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Turnhout · since 1997
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since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION ISLAMIQUE ET CULTURELLE DES SOURDS DE BELGIQUE · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2021
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Roofing work · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalst · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · Elsene · since 2010
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Dental practice · Seraing · since 2026
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Beringen · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2012
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Retail sale of other household articles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other legal services · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of IEBRO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021