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.
“Bingo”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 1982
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Oudsbergen · since 2000
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1974
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Belgisch Instituut Grafisch Ontwerp · Other membership organisations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2010
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since 2013
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since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Evergem · since 1989
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MOQBIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2025
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Wervik · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · Hannut · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
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Interior design · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of BIANCA · Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boom · since 2022
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Brussel · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Den Haag · since 1992
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Denderleeuw · since 2013
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Herstal · since 2021
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Liège · since 2011
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Gent · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of WORLD FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION · Other legal services · Brussel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of BINGOAL RETAIL · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 2014
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Event catering · since 2015
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Bree · since 1994