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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.

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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.

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  • 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

23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BEST BOX same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Duffel · since 2025
  • BEST BOY very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Putte · since 2011
  • BEATBOX very similar
    Colfontaine · since 2015
  • BEST very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1972
  • BEST very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 1981
  • BEST very similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 1986
  • BEST very similar
    Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
  • B.E.S.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET DE SERVICES TECHNIQUES · Market research and public opinion polling · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
  • B.E.S.T. very similar
    Dunkerque · since 1992
  • BEST very similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EVALUATION DES SOINS DE SANTE ET DES TECHNOLOGIES · Wavre · since 1994
  • BEST very similar
    Abbreviation of Belangengroep Stotteraars · Gent · since 1994
  • B.E.S.T. very similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hasselt · since 1997
  • BEST very similar
    Abbreviation of Brabant East Swimming Team Diest · Diest · since 1997
  • BeSt very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1999
  • BEST very similar
    Kasterlee · since 1999
  • BEST very similar
    Abbreviation of Board of European Students of Technology (Bureau des étudiants européens de technologie) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
  • B.E.S.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EDUCATION SOCCER TRAININGS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
  • BEST (sole trader) very similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
  • BEST very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
  • BeST very similar
    Abbreviation of Beryllium Science and Technology Association · Etterbeek · since 2011
  • BEST very similar
    Abbreviation of Belgium Events Services for Technicians · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wavre · since 2008
  • Freight transport by road · since 2024
  • BeST very similar
    Abbreviation of Belgian Society for Trauma · Vocational training · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BEST BOUW similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Heusden-Zolder · since 2004
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
  • BES't similar
    Other retail sale of food · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
  • B.E.St. similar
    Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Stiévenart · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Honnelles · since 2011
  • BE.ST similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2011
  • Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2024
  • Best Brix similar
    Name of an establishment of M.P.C. MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 1997
  • Be Out Box similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Aywaille · since 2019
  • BEST BUDS similar
    Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Gent · since 2020
  • BestBuro similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2011
  • BESTBEND similar
    Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2006
  • BESTO similar
    Name of an establishment of HJ Management · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Turnhout · since 1990
  • besox similar
    Office administrative and support services · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
  • BES'TS similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2002
  • Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2001
  • BESTO similar
    Other specialised design activities · Pelt · since 2017
  • BEBOX similar
    Advertising agencies · La Bruyère · since 2018
  • Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
  • BESTM similar
    Name of an establishment of XLNBT · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2018
  • BeSte similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Diksmuide · since 2019
  • BESTA similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grimbergen · since 2020
  • BESTT similar
    Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2021
  • BESTA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2010
  • BEST 1 similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hasselt · since 2025

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