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.
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Raising of horses and other equines · Gerpinnes · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · De Panne · since 2008
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Nivelles · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aywaille · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Wavre · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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since 1989
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Zaventem · since 2007
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Erezée · since 2015
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Amsterdam · since 2017
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Couvin · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Caisse Wallonne d'Allocations Familliales Camille · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Namur · since 2018
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Schilde · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BENGIA · Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Gent · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Trade name of MACNATS · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2025
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Wholesale of other household goods · Oostende · since 1982
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schoten · since 1982
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Brugge · since 1988
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
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Other personal services · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Liya · Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Brugge · since 2016
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2021
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Employment placement agencies · Lint · since 2023
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Vorst · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022