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.
“CHAAN”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LA CHEMINEE D'HIER ET D'AUJOURD'HUI · Oudergem · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Centre hippique de l'Abbaye · Hélécine · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Stoumont · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Office administrative and support services · De Haan · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2011
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Anderlecht · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of LES DELICES D'ARGANA · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2011
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Zedelgem · since 1973