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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Ukkel · since 2015
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Leuven · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1999
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Abbreviation of J.H. Barnato · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Herentals · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Rumst · since 2017
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Bachelors Technologie Oostende · Oostende · since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Nieuwpoort · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA · Leuven · since 2001
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Moorslede · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Remorquable · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Elsene · since 2018
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Temse · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of AXXONE · Other retail sale of food · Limbourg · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2002
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since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Translation services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Koekelare · since 2009
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HERZO · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2021
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Liège · since 2009
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Vorst · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · Gembloux · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of GROUPE TRICATEL · Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 1993
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1984
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Pokfulam, Hong Kong · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lummen · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bertrix · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BARAYE Azadi · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Oudergem · since 1965
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022