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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

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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.

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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Brief same name
    Other business support services · Herentals · since 2022
  • BRIES very similar
    Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1988
  • Briek very similar
    Other social work without accommodation · Oostende · since 2016
  • Briel very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2018
  • BRIES very similar
    Erpe-Mere · since 2022
  • BRIEK very similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 2005
  • Briel very similar
    Vocational training · Buggenhout · since 2023
  • BRIES very similar
    Name of an establishment of Bitter Melon SN · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
  • Bries very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Zemst · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BRIEFING similar
    Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • Briefveld similar
    Development of residential building projects · Liedekerke · since 2025
  • BRIERS similar
    Site preparation · Hasselt · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · since 1998
  • BRIEST similar
    Retail sale of footwear · Gent · since 2013
  • BRIEBO similar
    Machining of metals · Tienen · since 2017
  • BRIERS similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 1993
  • BRIERS similar
    Joinery installation · Gingelom · since 2011
  • BRIECK similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2004
  • BRIEKS similar
    Activities of building architects · Brasschaat · since 2007
  • BRI similar
    Abbreviation of BARLOW RETAIL INVEST · Elsene · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2023
  • BRIEMMO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1994
  • BRIEVAN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2016
  • BRIELFA similar
    Brussel · since 2017
  • BRIEJOO similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Wuustwezel · since 2021
  • BRIEMAT similar
    Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2009
  • BRIESCO similar
    Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · La Louvière · since 2005
  • BRIELGA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
  • BRIEFING.COM similar
    Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2004

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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