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.
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
53 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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since 1982
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since 2014
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since 1992
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News agency activities · since 2022
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since 1983
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Soumagne · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2008
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since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · since 2019
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since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2014
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Roofing work · since 2020
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2013
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since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Emmaüs · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Mechelen · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Centre laïque alternatif pour la Valorisation de l'Informatique dans l'Education et la Recherche · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1981
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2021
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Other legal services · Jette · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Klavier Zangensemble · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Beringen · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Rotselaar · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1994
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2009
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since 2011
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since 2012
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since 1982
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2025
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Finishing of textiles · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Finishing of textiles · since 2023
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Elsene · since 2012
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Ninove · since 1998
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Rixensart · since 2026