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.
“Bross”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ittre · since 2020
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Halen · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudenburg · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of BROSE GENT · Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Gent · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2023
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lanaken · since 2026
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Abbreviation of THE BRUGES RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR OPENING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES · Brugge · since 1999
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Asse · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Aarschot · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Brussels Races Organisation · Schaarbeek · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of STUDIE - EN EXPERTISE - BUREAU M. SCHOUKENS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grimbergen · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 2025
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kortenberg · since 2023
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Other construction installation · since 2011
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Merksplas · since 1983
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Activities of lawyers · Merksplas · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Brothers & Co · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2023
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Other education · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Stabroek · since 2024
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Raising of other animals · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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since 1998
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Sereni · Funeral services · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2016