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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2002
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Beringen · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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since 2009
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since 2024
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2012
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Other retail sale of food · since 2014
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Turnhout · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of DE BIERLIEFHEBBERS VAN DE EGMONTSTEDE · Manufacture of beer · Zottegem · since 2001
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Other education · since 2020
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2020
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020