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.
“CAIME”
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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General medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Other business support services · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zaventem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 1999
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Socio-cultural adult education · Oudenaarde · since 2019
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Lontzen · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Computer programming · Berlare · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Merchtem · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2019
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Commission d'Aide aux Inventeurs · Verviers · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CESSION D'AFFAIRES ET IMMOBILIER · Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Célibataires Anonymes International · Brussel · since 2001
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's-Gravenhage · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Nivelles · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of wild projects · Activiteiten van industriële designers · Beringen · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Lo-Reninge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BRAND X · Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Geel · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Computer programming · Kapellen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CARING entreprises · since 2013