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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Grez-Doiceau · since 2016
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since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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Liège · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Maldegem · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lokeren · since 2005
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Evere · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2006
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Anderlecht · since 2023
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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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Abbreviation of ASSISTANCE IMMOBILIERE NOTARIALE · Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Neufchâteau · since 2020
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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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Name of an establishment of IEBRO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023