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.
“BOYA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of COFICOS · Wholesale of other household goods · Theux · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · La Louvière · since 2025
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Damme · since 2008
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Wholesale of machine tools · Mol · since 1992
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Other education · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Ciney · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bokabi Ya Motema · Ukkel · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Lokeren · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Evergem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Mixed farming · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2024
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2023
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022