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.
“BIB”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Association belge du Bâtiment industrialisé-Belgische Vereniging voor Geindustrialiseerde Bouw · Anderlecht · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Brabants Isolatie Bedrijf · Berghem · since 1984
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Abbreviation of BUREAU IMMOBILIER BELGE · Real estate agency activities · Oudergem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Back in Business · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2009
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Deerlijk · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Bureau liégeois d'Assurances · since 1985
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Abbreviation of The Business Information Bank · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN IMPORT BEVERAGE COMPANY · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Ternat · since 1992
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT BELGE DES COORDINATEURS DE SECURITE ET DE SANTE - BELGISCH INSTITUUT VAN VEILIGHEIDS EN GEZONDHEIDSCOORDINATOREN · Activities of professional membership organisations · Oudergem · since 2000
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Belgisch Instituut voor Bestuurswetenschappen · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1938
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Abbreviation of Bureau International du Béton Manufacturé · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1981
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL BANKING CLUB · Ukkel · since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · Zoersel · since 2000
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since 1962
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Luxembourg · since 2010
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2017
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Other education · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2006
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Activities of interior architects · Maldegem · since 2023
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lanaken · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Demolition · Maldegem · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BRILIO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lummen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of TUAVIA · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Eupen · since 1981
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Overijse · since 2015
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Hasselt · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Kapellen · since 2018
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Chastre · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Tubize · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Belgische ICD en Pacemaker Patiënten - Patients Pacemaker et ICD Belges · Grimbergen · since 2008
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Brussel · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Vocational training · since 2026
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Abbreviation of BURO INTERNATIONAL · Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Tielt · since 1982
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Abbreviation of BELFORT INTERNATIONAL · Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Abbreviation of BREIN INSTITUUT · Other research and development on natural sciences · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oosterzele · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS INSPIRATION · Business and other management consultancy · Vorselaar · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Borghof Invest · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Ballet Irebero · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Boulevard infini · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ROQUETTE BELGIUM · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Elsene · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BEMANS · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brussel · since 2007
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Zwevegem · since 1981
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Abbreviation of EUREGIO BUSINESS CORPORATION · Lanaken · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Belgian Import And Bottling Company · Brussel · since 1964