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.
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of JARON · Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of KNAERS · Cafés and bars · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · Leuven · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of JOVA · Event catering · Ninove · since 2014
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Cultural education · Beringen · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Nijlen · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Nieuwpoort · since 2009
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Event catering · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of HIVE TECHNICAL PRODUCTIONS · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bredene · since 2007
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Finishing of textiles · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2019
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Trade name of CALLENS-LIBBRECHT · Event catering · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Spa · Wholesale of timber · Spa · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of nomnom · Other amusement and recreation activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2004
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Soumagne · since 1987
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kaprijke · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Retie · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Bouillon · since 2021
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PARIS · since 2011
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Roeselare · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of UCARNET · Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of EDITIONS ABINGER · Sound recording · Bouillon · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Herent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Les Amis de L'Unité Sainte-Anne · Waterloo · since 2026