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.
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Koninklijke Voetbalklub Tienen · Football clubs · Tienen · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Jette · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lede · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Petit Moulin Rouge · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2015
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diest · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 2018
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of B-ONE 2026 · Other financial services · Kontich · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Ninove · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lasne · since 1979
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Other building finishing work · Lokeren · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Libin · since 2018
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PARIS · since 2020
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Zele · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Namur · since 2011