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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1988
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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Liège · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · Ukkel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Liège · since 2016
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Torhout · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Les Bons Villers · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of INTERRO FLERON · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1977
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Zoersel · since 2021
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Raising of dairy cattle · Trois-Ponts · since 1995
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · LINDAU · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braine-le-Château · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of ROCOCO SWING · Cafés and bars · Chiny · since 2017
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lessines · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Computer programming · Nivelles · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Leuven · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Châtelet · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2019
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Braine L'Alleud Aqua Collège · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Fleurus · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ECONOMIC HOME · Full-service restaurants · Fleurus · since 2008
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Other business support services · Laarne · since 2023
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Brussel · since 2026