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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Anzegem · since 1990
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Gent · since 1987
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Gembloux · since 1984
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Wemmel · since 1997
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since 2018
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BOUCHE COFFEE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021
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Other sports activities · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Aalter · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
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since 2020
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Finishing of textiles · since 2011
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since 2005
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2003
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since 2024
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Web portal activities · since 2022
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since 1975
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Duffel · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2023
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since 1978
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2017
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Halle · since 2023
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Sombreffe · since 2023
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since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1995
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since 1994
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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since 2019
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since 2022
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Other sports activities · since 2010
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since 1970
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007
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since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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La Louvière · since 1957