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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kampenhout · since 2000
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Roofing work · Poperinge · since 2022
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Wholesale of other food products · Werkendam · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 2007
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Retail sale of footwear · Gent · since 2013
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Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Linkebeek · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Katoenroos · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BrES - Brussels Expertisecentrum Schooluitval · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Laakdal · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Bertem · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of INFRAPOLDERS · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Other postal and courier activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Oostende · since 2024
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Asse · since 1968
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Event catering · Erpe-Mere · since 1974
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Manhay · since 1984
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Genk · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Benelux Real Estate Services and Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Other business support services · Kortenaken · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Le Batiment rationnel de l'Est SARL · Haironville Bar Le Duc · since 1975
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Activities of bailiffs · Oudenaarde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN RENDERING ENGINEERING · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Roeselare · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BORNEM REAL ESTATE · Vermogensbeheer · Bornem · since 2023
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Breda · since 1981
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hasselt · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nandrin · since 1993
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN RESTAURATION · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · Herent · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Aalter · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oud-Turnhout · since 1989
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Painting of buildings · since 2021