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.
“BOF”
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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Oudergem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Best of Friends · Contract catering and other food service activities · Beernem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Barn Owl Farm asbl · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2015
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Herenthout · since 1992
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Liège · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Beerse · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2020
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Gembloux · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · Mouscron · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Linter · since 2008
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Wingene · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Diksmuide · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aalst · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of FONDS D'ASSAINISSEMENT DES SOLS DES STATIONS - SERVICE - BODEMSANERINGSFONDS VOOR BENZINESTATIONS · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Zaventem · since 2000
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Rumst · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Bogaerts Fiber Infrastructure Services · Activities of building architects · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Belgische Organisatie voor Fibromyalgie Patiënten · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 1983
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Other tax advisory services · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2004
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2007
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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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Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1979
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Zemst · since 1968
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Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008