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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waasmunster · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1997
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van suiker · Beernem · since 1990
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Jette · since 1998
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Marche-en-Famenne · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BELVI · Full-service restaurants · Affligem · since 1995
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Oudergem · since 1989
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Perwez · since 1965
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Anderlecht · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of HOUTBOUW KEMPEN · General construction of residential buildings · Mol · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Belgische Interprofessionele Vereniging voor Ruimtevaartaangelegenheden · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1962
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Brussel · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of FD-Network · Bewerken van edelstenen (muv diamant) en van halfedelstenen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2013
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Plastering work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2011
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Wavre · since 2006
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gembloux · since 1974
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kapellen · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 1987
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging voor Lichtkoepels-, Lichtstraten- en Rookluikfabrikanten · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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Holsbeek · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2012
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Liège · since 2015
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1997
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Grimbergen · since 2017
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Geer · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2019
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Leuven · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Event catering · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Hasselt · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Herstal · since 2026
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Ukkel · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Les Emballages Métalliques · Herve · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Editions Musicales Peter Maurice Music (Belgolux) · Elsene · since 1968
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Ronse · since 1980
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Flémalle · since 1985
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Other specialised construction activities · Gembloux · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of MINYO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2016
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Verviers · since 2009