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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Gent · since 2015
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Painting of buildings · Ardooie · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Actions sociales d'Angleur et Environs · Liège · since 1985
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General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of C.T. Management · Other non-specialised retail sale · Dalhem · since 1991
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EEMENS · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Centre d'action sociale "Anastasia" · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Kinrooi · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of VIA NAPOLI · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1975
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Waterloo · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of CASA INTERNATIONAL · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Olen · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Maasmechelen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Hoegaarden · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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since 2024
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Name of an establishment of RICARDO & CIE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Thuin · since 2017
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Other membership organisations · Jette · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Zonhoven · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Seraing · since 2023
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Interior design · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · La Louvière · since 2001
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1998
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since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 1979