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.
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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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · Zottegem · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of CADS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre autonome de Recherche et d'Etude marxiste · Oudergem · since 1972
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Oostende · since 1996
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of CONNEXITY · General construction of residential buildings · Evere · since 2002
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genappe · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2019
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Other education · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Dental practice · Nandrin · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Centre for Advanced Research & Development · Research and development on biotechnology · Brussel · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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since 2006
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Commune d'Aywaille · Wholesale of timber · Aywaille · since 1886
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Name of an establishment of Vebego Cleaning & Services · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Action et de Recherche en Education · Etterbeek · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Communauté des Africains résidents en Europe · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of center for animal rescue and education · Pajottegem · since 2026
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Verviers · since 1987
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Kasterlee · since 1990
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Grimbergen · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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Other retail sale of food · De Haan · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Rixensart · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Soignies · since 1994
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Luxembourg 2213 · since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oud-Heverlee · since 2016
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Site preparation · Aiseau-Presles · since 1984
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Ganshoren · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of LEFAME · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 2025
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Research and development on biotechnology · Bertrix · since 2017
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Brussel · since 1971
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Lommel · since 2005
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Nursing and midwifery · Braine-le-Château · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1975
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Elsene · since 1987