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.
“Bruse”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2022
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Detailhandel in boeken · Brussel · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ALIBI · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ukkel · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1976
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Painting of buildings · Aalst · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · since 2018
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Investigation and private security services · Asse · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Vorst · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DE KATTEIE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gistel · since 2004
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Brusselle · Mixed farming · Jabbeke · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Brusoc by finance&invest.brussels · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS SPORTS CONSULTING & INCENTIVES · Football clubs · Pepingen · since 1999
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Specialist medical practice · Mechelen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS SOLAR · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Brussel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of EnergyVision · General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2014
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of SOLARBUILD 1000 · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Gent · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of SOLARBUILD 9000 · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of SOLARBUILD 8000 · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Jette · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of WM service en verhuur · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Tienen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE RADIO UNIE · Kuurne · since 2001
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kontich · since 2013
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Anderlecht · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zaventem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Stad Brussel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brussel · since 1921
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Abbreviation of Union royale des Entreprises du Sanitaire et de la Couverture · Anderlecht · since 1948
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Name of an establishment of IDEWE - Externe dienst voor Preventie en Bescherming op het werk · General medical practice · Leuven · since 1967
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Office administrative and support services · Anderlecht · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum · Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of KIDSLIFE BRUSSELS · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1922
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Wevelgem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of KARELEC · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of S-Sport · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Brussel · since 1993
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Support activities for crop production · Marchin · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of DELEN PRIVATE BANK · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SSE · Office administrative and support services · Tielt · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Whitehouse Gallery · Photography, excluding press photography · Elsene · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kortemark · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Brugge · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · Hoogstraten · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Brussel · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BRUSIFE I · Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Dentergem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of De Vormers · Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2026
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Brussel · since 1997
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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since 2021