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.
“CHAMPAIN”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wanze · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Nivelles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Club Hannutois d'Amateurs de Minéralogie et Paléontologie · Hannut · since 1993
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Elsene · since 2016
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since 1997
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2023
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Tienen · since 1998
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Chastre · since 2013
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Beernem · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Fernelmont · since 2025
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Geraardsbergen · since 1968
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Putte · since 2018
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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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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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Brussel · since 1991
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Removal services · since 2019