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.
“Brazza”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of WIBO · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · Vleteren · since 2026
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Pajottegem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Other printing · since 2016
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Elsene · since 2008
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Meise · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of KOVA · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Blégny · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Lier · since 2014
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Web portal activities · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CTC Distributions · Wholesale of other household goods · Nivelles · since 2000
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2012
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2009
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of S.G.B. RESTAURANTS · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2004
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Brugge · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · since 2004