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.
“BISHOP”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gingelom · since 2002
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Wholesale of other food products · Gent · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ROMANIA FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ZAZA-BIOHOME · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1979
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Trade name of MGSK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Jette · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gingelom · since 2010
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Trade name of L.M.P. · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 1995
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since 1990
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 1996
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Laakdal · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Charleroi · since 1986
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Fernelmont · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of COMPROFISC · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Sense Mortsel · Other social work without accommodation · Mortsel · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of MOQBIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Rotselaar · since 2016