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.
“Brummi”
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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Day nurseries and crèches · Aalter · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Wommelgem · since 2014
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Wholesale of other food products · Herstal · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1992
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1988
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 1979
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Brussel's Management · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 1993
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1973
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Café Brume. · Cafés and bars · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Bernissart · since 2026
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Site preparation · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1955
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1978
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oud-Heverlee · since 1981
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Wholesale of live animals · Aalter · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Baarle-Hertog · since 1991
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Beerse · since 1993
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Balen · since 1998
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Deerlijk · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Bruxelles in Movimento · Brussel · since 2013
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Roofing work · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Beersel · since 2011
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Mechelen · since 2005
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General medical practice · Saint-Ghislain · since 2006
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Floor and wall tiling · Haaltert · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Brasschaat · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1961