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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Willebroek · since 2022
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Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Floor and wall tiling · Beringen · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Vilvoorde · since 2010
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2025
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van bedrijfsrevisoren, accountants en belastingsadviseurs · Gent · since 1934
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Abbreviation of Belgian Equipment Rental Association · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE · Mol · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Ronse · since 1997
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Bonheiden · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2018
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Hasselt · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016