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.
“BRUD”
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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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Ver KWANTEN JAN & VANESCH TINE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Pelt · since 2005
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY · Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BOLIVER · Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE RADIO UNIE · Kuurne · since 2001
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kontich · since 2013
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Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BRUGSE DAKWERKEN · Roofing work · Brugge · since 2005
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since 2017
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Name of an establishment of HOOGSPOOR · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aarschot · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Opwijk · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Zakenkantoor Brussel - Tervuren · Activities of holding companies · Bertem · since 2014
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Mechelen · since 2014
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Swing it Brussels · Other amusement and recreation activities · Vorst · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1988
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BRUCOOP · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · Vorst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BRUT FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MELLAR · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Brilliant User Experience · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bassenge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DE KATTEIE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gistel · since 2004
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lier · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BRUGSE UNIE DER GIDSEN (BrUG) · Brugge · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2025
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Other financial services · Deinze · since 2026
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Sambreville · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Jette · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DERMABRU · Specialist medical practice · Bever · since 2024