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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2024
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Forging of metal · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zemst · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geel · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Youssef · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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since 2018
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since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Other retail sale of food · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1998
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Insulation installation · Durbuy · since 2002
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Computer programming · Zemst · since 2020
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since 1998
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since 2008
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since 2025
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Gent · since 2008