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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ganshoren · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Belgian Aid Network · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of BEST Alumni Network · Brussel · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Tremelo · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BINABI Alumni Network · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Baltic Artist Network · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hasselt · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Namur · since 1996
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Other information technology and computer services · Schilde · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Genker Banbrouwerij · Manufacture of beer · Genk · since 2022
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2016
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General medical practice · Mons · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Dessel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Nondestructive Testing · Media representation · Brussel · since 1984
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Leuven · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Drogenbos · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Waregem · since 2014
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Blankenberge · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Haacht · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bana Community asbl · Charleroi · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Wetteren · since 2023
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Ternat · since 2008
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Laakdal · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Monsieur banG! · Advertising agencies · Aywaille · since 2010
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Mortsel · since 2011
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2004
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since 2008
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Tyre services · Roeselare · since 2016
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Market research and public opinion polling · Oudergem · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2016
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Production of cinema films · Beauvechain · since 2004
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Brussel · since 1962
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Abbreviation of Band, Vereniging van en voor de Vlamingen in Wallonië · Brussel · since 1975
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Knokke-Heist · since 1977
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Abbreviation of BARTOLOMEO ET GIULIANO - TEXTILE · Charleroi · since 1990