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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Zedelgem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Haan · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Gavere · since 2002
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2002
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Wevelgem · since 2018
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Visual arts creation · Koksijde · since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2023
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Koekelberg · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Oostende · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Beaufort Racing Team · Kasterlee · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tervuren · since 2011
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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since 1987
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2007
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Louvres · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes en Architectures Urbaines · Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2001
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Kuurne · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Kortenaken · since 2020
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2009
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Gent · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2006
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EXPERTISE, D'ARCHITECTURE ET D'URBANISME Marc ROBAYE · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1992