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.
“BITTER”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2019
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Oreye · since 2000
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Brugge · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Computer programming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AMH INDOOR · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eeklo · since 2020
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of THE XX BITTER APPRECIATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE · Mouscron · since 2022
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Funeral services · Boechout · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Leuven · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2018
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 1974