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.
“BONSAI”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Leuven · since 2021
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Name of an establishment of BnsB · Activities of other sports clubs · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herstal · since 2021
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Other business support services · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Balen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Bonsai Museum · Hasselt · since 1995
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1988
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since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zottegem · since 2022
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Other photographic activities · Mechelen · since 2015
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1990
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2016
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Lochristi · since 1997
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Pelt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of FASHION@WORK · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 1998
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Liège · since 2011
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Lier · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2025
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2026
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Production of cinema films · Boechout · since 2015
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Lint · since 2022
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2026
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Boom · since 2022