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.
“Bruut”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of THE LAB ENTREPRISE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Boechout · since 2019
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Fitness centres · Tielt-Winge · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zedelgem · since 1999
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Ravels · since 2015
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Manufacture of beer · Mechelen · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BOLIVER · Full-service restaurants · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MeeGaan · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Herne · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Brubas · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MABAJA · Teelt van druiven · Pajottegem · since 2014
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of HOOGSPOOR · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aarschot · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Zakenkantoor Brussel - Tervuren · Activities of holding companies · Bertem · since 2014
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of BRUT FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2018
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2004
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Other financial services · Deinze · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Hoogstraten · since 1960
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Malle · since 2014
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2025
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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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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016