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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Bedrijfs Administratief Dienstencentrum · Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 1979
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Burundais Associés pour la Détente · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AUTOPARTS DISTRIBUTION · Activities of holding companies · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Asbl la seconde main par la boîte à dons · Durbuy · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Manage · since 2019
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Aalst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Lasne · since 2012
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Acceuil et de Défense des Jeunes · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1982
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Mixed farming · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brussel · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of TAXIS HAUS · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2002
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Gent · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Lede · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Belgian Assistance Dog Federation - De Belgische Federatie van Opleidingscentra van Assistentiehonden · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BEENHOUWERS AAN DE LEIE · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Zonnebeke · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Leuven · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Malle · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2012
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Abbreviation of bruxelles afrique de l'est · Brussel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Affaires Didier Foucoux · Other financial services · Estinnes · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · Anderlues · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brugge · since 1986
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Painting of buildings · Bastogne · since 1996
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Namur · since 1996
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Abbreviation of BRUXELLES ACCUEIL ET DEVELOPPEMENT POUR LA JEUNESSE ET L'ENFANCE · Other membership organisations · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Les Plumeurs de Tenneville · Tenneville · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Binche · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Ukkel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · Anderlecht · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Pajottegem · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Zottegem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2022
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Harelbeke · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Charleroi · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of BADER.MA · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Anderlecht · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Jette · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2003
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Tournai · since 2000
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Evergem · since 2021