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.
“BIBOB”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1999
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Hasselt · since 2016
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Chastre · since 2020
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Hasselt · since 2025
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Zoersel · since 2000
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Luxembourg · since 2010
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2025
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Demolition · Maldegem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Oud-Heverlee · since 1997
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Other building finishing work · Moorslede · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BOSKALIS OFFSHORE BELGIUM · Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 1923
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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 BEPLEKT OF BEZOEPEN · Aalst · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BUREAU IMMOBILIER BELGE · Real estate agency activities · Oudergem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Bochka · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mortsel · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Better On Bike · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Back in Business · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2009
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Logistics services · Gent · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BouwOnderneming Baert · General construction of residential buildings · Kontich · since 2010
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Plumbing work · since 2004
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Deerlijk · since 2006
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Abbreviation of BREL OFFICE BROKER · Combined facilities support activities · Elsene · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Glabbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgian Organic Beers · Manufacture of beer · Brunehaut · since 2024
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Hasselt · since 2009
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since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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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