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.
“BESTA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of HJ Management · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Turnhout · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2001
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Other specialised design activities · Pelt · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of XLNBT · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Diksmuide · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2021
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hasselt · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2014
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 1981
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General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET DE SERVICES TECHNIQUES · Market research and public opinion polling · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
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Dunkerque · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EVALUATION DES SOINS DE SANTE ET DES TECHNOLOGIES · Wavre · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Belangengroep Stotteraars · Gent · since 1994
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Hasselt · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Brabant East Swimming Team Diest · Diest · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1999
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Kasterlee · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Board of European Students of Technology (Bureau des étudiants européens de technologie) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of PROGRAMME DE RECHERCHE LA BIBLE EN SES TRADITIONS · Activities of religious organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EDUCATION SOCCER TRAININGS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BE Ski Team asbl · Dison · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Stiévenart · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Honnelles · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Beryllium Science and Technology Association · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Belgium Events Services for Technicians · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wavre · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgian Society for Trauma · Vocational training · Gent · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Profondeville · since 2016
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vorst · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2026
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Trade name of BAW · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wevelgem · since 1984
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Aarschot · since 2015
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2023
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Mons · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lint · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Linter · since 2024