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.
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2007
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Book publishing · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1991
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Anderlecht · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2019
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Event catering · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Zaventem · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beersel · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Alveringem · since 2011
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Crapé-T'Jampens · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Opwijk · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of MELLAR · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2005
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Other education · since 2022
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since 1997
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Name of an establishment of BRUSTART BY FINANCE&INVEST.BRUSSELS · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1992
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Brussel · since 2005
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Joinery installation · Izegem · since 2024
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Wavre · since 1952
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Name of an establishment of BRUNO SOMERS · General electrical installation work · Waterloo · since 1990
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · La Louvière · since 1999
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 1989
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since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2018
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2011
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Beringen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GLENN VANFRAUSSEN · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Kuurne · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Bergeijk · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of CHIANDRO · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Peer · since 2007
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of FLALU · Other retail sale of food · Visé · since 2025
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Development of non-residential building projects · Leuven · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2026
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1946