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.
“BRIEK”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other social work without accommodation · Oostende · since 2016
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Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2018
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Erpe-Mere · since 2022
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2022
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Vocational training · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Bitter Melon SN · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Group · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Zemst · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Lendelede · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2004
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2022
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since 2026
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Keerbergen · since 2011
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Site preparation · Hasselt · since 1999
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · since 1998
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Retail sale of footwear · Gent · since 2013
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Machining of metals · Tienen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Gingelom · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BARLOW RETAIL INVEST · Elsene · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2017
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Other photographic activities · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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Brussel · since 2017
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Brussel · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2022
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Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2009
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Aarschot · since 2011
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · La Louvière · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kontich · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2026
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Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Mortsel · since 2012