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.
“Brels”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herselt · since 2022
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Other business support services · Heers · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Zoutleeuw · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jabbeke · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Dendermonde · since 2010
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Better Regulation for European Leadership · Elsene · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Bree · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Bree · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2007
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2021
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Machining of metals · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2022
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kapellen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2012
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Logistics services · Ternat · since 2005
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Retie · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Merchtem · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Liedekerke · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Le Batiment rationnel de l'Est SARL · Haironville Bar Le Duc · since 1975
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Activities of bailiffs · Oudenaarde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN RENDERING ENGINEERING · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Roeselare · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BORNEM REAL ESTATE · Vermogensbeheer · Bornem · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Turnhout · since 1998
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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Tienen · since 2012