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.
“BEFINA”
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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Activities of head offices · Deerlijk · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of SSM WUST-LIXON RENOWATT · Other specialised construction activities · Thimister-Clermont · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Société Coöperative Belge de Financement · Liège · since 1968
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Sint-Truiden · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Kluisbergen · since 1968
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Asse · since 1973
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Abbreviation of BEGAAFDE KINDEREN EN ADOLESCENTEN, WERKGROEP VOOR OUDERS EN OPVOEDERS · Ninove · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · De Panne · since 1999
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Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Mesure Financial Assets · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Kortemark · since 2017
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Mechelse Fineerfabrieken · Mechelen · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Défense des Intérêts des Assurés · Anderlecht · since 1960
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1993
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Other information service activities · Opwijk · since 2014
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Fitness centres · Aalter · since 2016
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 2010
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Fitness centres · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · Alken · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2015
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Koekelberg · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schaarbeek · since 1976
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Anzegem · since 2019
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Ledegem · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Herve · since 2020
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2025
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Leuven · since 2013