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.
“Boston 4”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Mechelen · since 1975
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Dilbeek · since 1983
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General construction of office buildings · Hoegaarden · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of GROUP 23 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liedekerke · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of LEFSAB · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1997
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bouw Francis Bostoen · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of BOFLEX · Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 1988
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · since 1988
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 2009
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LILLE · since 2000
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Other business support services · Hulshout · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Bond oud-leerlingen Slagerijschool Ter Groene Poorte Brugge · Ichtegem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN OFFICE AND STATIONERY TRADE ASSOCIATION · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Brussel · since 1983
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Paris · since 1988
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Veghel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2009
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Lier · since 1968
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Abbreviation of BOLLEN SERVICE en TRADING · Tienen · since 1993