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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Book publishing · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Ronse · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2003
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Halle · since 1952
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ouffet · since 1998
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Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 1999
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Blankenberge · since 2000
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Hera · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Verviers · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wavre · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association de régie technique et études scientifiques · Sound recording · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of GREPIA & CO · Operation of sports facilities · Waregem · since 2006
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2006
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of SADEMI · Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2013
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Visé · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Projecten Voor Burgers VZW · Other educational support services · Ninove · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1991
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Brussel · since 1992
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Wevelgem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2007
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1986
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Beringen · since 1991
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Artim New · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brussel · since 2016
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Grobbendonk · since 2016
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Aquasec · Other building finishing work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlare · since 2025
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993