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.
“Abracadabus”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Académie des Enfants · Day nurseries and crèches · Waterloo · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Walhain · since 1997
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Day nurseries and crèches · Duffel · since 2019
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Other retail sale of new goods · Liège · since 2008
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Event catering · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of Le Petit Couvreur · Roofing work · Les Bons Villers · since 2013
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Warehousing and storage · Elsene · since 2010
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Production of cinema films · Rixensart · since 1997
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lille · since 2023
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association Belge Regroupant les auteur ice-s créateur ice-s d'animation · Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Hoegaarden · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Enghien · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AGHEM CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION BELGIUM VZW · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other business support services · Overijse · since 2001
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Schoten · since 2004
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Insulation installation · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2011
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since 2013