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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 2003
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostkamp · since 1976
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1985
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Diekirch · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2018
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Gent · since 1987
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Grez-Doiceau · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Hannut · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 1988
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1995
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CERCLE D'HISTOIRE ET D'ARCHEOLOGIE DE MORLANWELZ · Morlanwelz · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Putte · since 2008
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Removal services · since 2019