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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1982
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 1978
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2014
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Mechelen · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Leuven · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rochefort · since 2025
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Day nurseries and crèches · Nivelles · since 2016
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2014
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Brussel · since 1995
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wommelgem · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BABYLONIA - CREATIVE AFFAIRS BUREAU · Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Waterloo · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Waterloo · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ALLARY-JACOBS · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Oostende · since 1975
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Genk · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2025
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke
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Name of an establishment of CAPRERA · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Quaregnon · since 2016
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2021
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2021
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2021
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Charleroi · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MK1994 · Hairdressing and barber services · Liège · since 2025
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Day nurseries and crèches · Elsene · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Wholesale of other household goods · Comines-Warneton · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017