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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of TARMID · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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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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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Harelbeke · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BADER.MA · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Anderlecht · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1991
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Beringen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Verviers · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Tournai · since 2000
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Evergem · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2020
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Malle · since 2011
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Abbreviation of bruxelles afrique de l'est · Brussel · since 2012
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Enghien · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Other construction installation · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beersel · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gerpinnes · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2025
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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 BRUSSELS ART DAYS · Visual arts creation · Lasne · since 2011
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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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Abbreviation of BARRICADES BUSINESS CENTER · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2007
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since 1977
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 1983
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Name of an establishment · Joinery installation · Brussel · since 1993
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Book publishing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Enghien · since 2018
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2003
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026