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.
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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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Wavre · since 2001
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Club Hannutois d'Amateurs de Minéralogie et Paléontologie · Hannut · since 1993
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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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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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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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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Nouveaux mangeurs · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Namur · since 2023
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Geraardsbergen · since 1968
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2020
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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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Freight transport by road · Poperinge · since 2024
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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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Elsene · since 1983
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Removal services · since 2019