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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1969
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Other business support services · since 1995
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Computer programming · Wielsbeke · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of CASTELLO BELGIUM · Full-service restaurants · Jette · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2024
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Kapellen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Revivre a Sugny · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 1986
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Middelkerke · since 1992
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Event catering · Pajottegem · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Seraing · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Châtelet · since 2023
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Retail sale of games and toys · Gent · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Berlaar · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2008
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since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of JB MULTI-SERVICES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Herentals · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ABDIJHOEVE - CASTELLUM · Hotels and similar accommodation · Oudenburg · since 1988
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Wevelgem · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Harelbeke · since 1980
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Activities of interior architects · since 2015
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Lier · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · La Louvière · since 2010
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Edegem · since 1985
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Mouscron · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association des copropriétaires CASTEL 17 à Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, avenue du Castel 17 · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2006
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Dilbeek · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Dilbeek · since 1968
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Elsene · since 1974
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Ninove · since 1989
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Removal services · Veurne · since 1996
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Inland freight water transport · since 2001
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Other education · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Heuvelland · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 1994
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1981
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2006
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Veterinary services · Braine-le-Château · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Bree · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Etterbeek · since 1997