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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Blik op Afrika · Leuven · since 1985
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Tattoo and piercing services · Zaventem · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herzele · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Belgian Offshore Association · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1994
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Abbreviation of BOUWADVIES PETER SEYNAEVE · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2008
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BUSINESS OPERATIONS ASSISTANCE · Market research and public opinion polling · Rixensart · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · Menen · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of BCHIFI · Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of British Overseas Airways Corporation · London Hanuslav Middlesex · since 1968
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Rotterdam · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 1993
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Abbreviation of DUFAYS · Hotels and similar accommodation · Stavelot · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Other education · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Breese Onderneming voor Advies en Zaakbehartiging · Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FIX VLAANDEREN · Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Logging · Onhaye · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BOLERO ATELIER · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BE OPTIMAL IN ACTION @ SPORT · Other sports activities · Kortrijk · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Meise · since 2005
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diest · since 1984
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Retail sale of antiques · Beauvechain · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CONSULTING GROUP · Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1991
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Bruxelles Orthoptie · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1984
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Botrick · Other building finishing work · Wingene · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2020
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Genk · since 2020
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Interior design · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BETTER OPTION · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Kontich · since 2011
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BERBEN ORTHO · Dental practice · Juprelle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Bonorum Olivarius · Business and other management consultancy · Olen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BASED ON A TRUE STORY · Hoogstraten · since 2018
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Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008