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.
“BOENDAEL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tervuren · since 1990
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Other non-specialised retail sale · OPHEUSDEN · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Bank en verzekeringsagent BRUSSELS CITY CENTER · Agents and brokers in banking services · Elsene · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of SO FOOD INVEST · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TRAITOREL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2009
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of VAN LOOY Gronden · General construction of residential buildings · Bonheiden · since 2003
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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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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Alveringem · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · since 1994
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Temse · since 2021
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Haacht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024