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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bicycles · Opwijk · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dentergem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1995
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Graphic design and visual communication · Oostrozebeke · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2021
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Esneux · since 2008
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Zandhoven · since 1961
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Geraardsbergen · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2004
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Linkebeek · since 1984
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Tenneville · since 1995
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Boom · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · since 2021
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2002
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Mobile food service activities · Brussel · since 2010
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since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2004
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Gent · since 2006
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2024