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.
“Befama”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Maastricht · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of CARTO · Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
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Abbreviation of European Fund and Asset Management Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION BELGE DES ASSET MANAGERS - BELGISCHE VERENIGING VAN ASSET MANAGERS · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1984
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Activities of lawyers · Hoeilaart · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Maaseik · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verviers · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other legal services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian Elite Football Academy · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · De Panne · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of APOTHEEK GROTEWEG · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Geraardsbergen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION FOR ACTIONS COUNTERING EXCLUSION IN BRUSSELS · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Be Lo · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Vorst · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1931