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.
“CHABO”
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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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Diksmuide · since 1997
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Confederate Historical Association of Belgium · Orp-Jauche · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Centre Vincent Van Gogh-CHAB · Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1975
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Abbreviation of RAAD VAN UNIVERSITAIRE ZIEKENHUIZEN VAN BELGIË · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Logging · Houyet · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Meise · since 2017
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ganshoren · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1995
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Insulation installation · since 2006
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Trade name of CHARLIER - BRABO GROUP · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Aartselaar · since 1953
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wavre · since 1997
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Insurance agents and brokers · Visé · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 2022
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Travel agency activities · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lint · since 2010
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lommel · since 2005
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Liège · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · 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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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1993
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Oosterzele · since 1997
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2018
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Herentals · since 2022
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Merchtem · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Moorslede · since 2011
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Genk · since 2007
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Vosselaar · since 2025
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since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1984
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Liedekerke · since 2010
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since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2026
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Huy · since 1978
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Schoten · since 1985