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.
“CHALK”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Literary creation · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Sint-Truiden · since 1985
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Lede · since 2025
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Meise · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Ohey · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Bredene · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2011
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centrale de l'Habitation de l'Arrondissement de Liège · Liège · since 1968
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of SPIRITS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wijnegem · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2018
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Construction of roads and motorways · Rochefort · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Peer · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CHARITY LIFE LINE ORGANIZATION · Turnhout · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Web portal activities · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Waterloo · since 2024
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Other software publishing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Assesse · since 1983
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lochristi · since 1991
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2014
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Trade name of TRY and CATCH · Web portal activities · Horebeke · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of QIANWEI EUROPE · Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of LD&J · Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Putte · since 2018
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Wemmel · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ganshoren · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2009
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Development of non-residential building projects · Arendonk · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of cymerman · Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of FUNKELICIOUS · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011