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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Westerlo · since 2022
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Vocational training · Ans · since 2003
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1999
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · La Louvière · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of LINEA · Full-service restaurants · Pelt · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of PATLOCK · Wholesale of beverages, general range · New Castle Country · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Leuven · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · Haaltert · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schilde · since 1980
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Supersanit · Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Wavre · since 1959
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Nivelles · since 1966
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Name of an establishment of Don Bosco Centrale - Centrale Don Bosco · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Dilbeek · since 1933
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Name of an establishment of BOUFFIOUX BETON · Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Gembloux · since 2000
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Zaventem · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre neurophysiologique Floréal · Ukkel · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1977
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Centrale Alimentaire · Verviers · since 1948
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of S.D. BRUXELLES · Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Elsene · since 1972