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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION NAMUROISE DU THEATRE AMATEUR · Namur · since 2001
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Other retail sale of new goods · Gent · since 2023
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Brecht · since 2005
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Office administrative and support services · Boortmeerbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association des Navigants Techniciens de l'Aviation civile · Brussel · since 1965
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Other retail sale of new goods · Elsene · since 1995
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Development of residential building projects · Asse · since 2002
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2010
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Computer programming · since 2007
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mechelen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2019
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Abbreviation of A NOUS TUBIZE · Football clubs · Tubize · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Flémalle · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Brussel · since 2024
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Vorst · since 1968
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Abbreviation of ANTARES TRAVEL · Travel agency activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1959
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Vervaardiging van kantoorbenodigdheden van papier · Elsene · since 1931
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Roeselare · since 1982
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1982
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Vocational training · Hasselt · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1988
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Elsene · since 1991
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Brussel · since 1992
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Gent · since 1992
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Roeselare · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tournai · since 1993
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Vorst · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tournai · since 2000
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since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Lommel · since 2016
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Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lier · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Genappe · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deinze · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Mettet · since 2025
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Verviers · since 2026
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026