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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Elsene · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Boortmeerbeek · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 1992
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of WHITE VALE INDUSTRIAL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1992
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Manufacture of other wood products · Wielsbeke · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of HAGELANDSE LOTENHANDEL · Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1990