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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1968
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Abbreviation of CHRISTELIJK CENTRUM HAMONT · Hamont-Achel · since 1999
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Hamont-Achel · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · Theux · since 2013
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of chamoevents & communication · Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Vorst · since 2011
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of VVST · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
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Insurance agents and brokers · Hamont-Achel · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2011
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2019
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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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Name of an establishment of DR PETERS STEPHANE ORTHO · Specialist medical practice · Saint-Hubert · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zaventem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Falcon rentals · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Club Hannutois d'Amateurs de Minéralogie et Paléontologie · Hannut · since 1993
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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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since 2014
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Trade name of Paul Appermont · Waasmunster · since 2018
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Roeselare · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CHARLEMONT SPRL · General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
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Removal services · since 2019
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Etterbeek · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kalmthout · since 2009