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.
“Bilou”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Kontich · since 2016
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General medical practice · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bibliothèque locale de Marche · Activiteiten van bibliotheken · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2020
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Lommel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1993
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Elsene · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 2018
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Boechout · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Zwevegem · since 2017
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La Hulpe · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Beauraing · since 2011
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General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Beheer- en Investeringsmaatschappij Lenders · Putte · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Belgische Improvisatie Liga · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BANQUE INTERNATIONAL A LUXEMBOURG · LUXEMBOURG · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1967
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Evere · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2013
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Computer programming · Beringen · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2010
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2019