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.
“BrainFood”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in boeken · Essen · since 2020
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Event catering · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Waterloo · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Mettet · since 2020
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oupeye · since 2023
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · Erpe-Mere · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of FORT FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 1995
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Keerbergen · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2008
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostkamp · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Waterloo · since 2021
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Other education · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Mechelen · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalter · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BrainXplore Neuroconsulting · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Beheer van financiële markten · Grimbergen · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2016
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Geraardsbergen · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hove · since 1992