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.
“BOEF”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of CILMA · Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schoten · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ORFEE · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Aarschot · since 2014
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Aarschot · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerking Boe! · Ieper · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BLUE OCEAN EXTENSIONS · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Bree · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Belgian Operational Equipment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of FRANCO · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Beersel · since 2003
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Leuven · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2025
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Gent · since 1984
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1985
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zwalm · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
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Interior design · Rumst · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Charlies & Co · Cafés and bars · Westerlo · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2020
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Computer programming · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Temse · since 2021
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BELGISCH ONAFHANKELIJK EXAMEN INSTITUUT · Other education · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ROSALES FE · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Liedekerke · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2023