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.
“BLACK GRILL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of UCANI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2006
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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
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MACEDONIE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · La Louvière · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2018
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Abbreviation of BLACK AND LL · Activities of head offices · Charleroi · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Andenne · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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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