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.
“BUDDY”
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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Vervaardiging van voeders voor huisdieren · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2022
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Aalter · since 1990
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Photography, excluding press photography · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of RONDO EN CO · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Oostende · since 1989
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Brugge · since 1991
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery
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Name of an establishment of VIC-INVEST · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Aalst · since 2010
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2020
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Duffel · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Tournai · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · since 2017
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Keerbergen · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Mol · since 2018
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Computer programming · Schilde · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BUDDHA CLUB · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Rumst · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · De Panne · since 2010
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since 1963
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2021
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Pet training · since 2012
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Other education · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Asse · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Almar · Photography, excluding press photography · Schilde · since 2016