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.
“BRIOT”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Namur · since 2002
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Bouw van rioleringen · since 2019
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Productie van edelmetalen · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2008
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Visé · since 2016
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Trade name of DICD · Afvalwaterafvoer · Soignies · since 2021
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since 2013
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since 1994
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since 2005
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since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Poperinge · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Wavre · since 2005
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kontich · since 2016
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Other personal services · Kontich · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Belgian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Eghezée · since 2020
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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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Groothandel in sanitair · Ukkel · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Waterloo · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Computer programming · Somme-Leuze · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1981
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Waimes · since 2005
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Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Dinant · since 1981
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Abbreviation of THE BRUGES RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR OPENING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES · Brugge · since 1999