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.
“CHAP”
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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Abbreviation of ANNASA INVEST · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of COLLECTIF HASTEDON ANIMATION PARTICIPATION · Namur · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · asten · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Chambre amicale et philanthropique · Brussel · since 2006
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Dilbeek · since 1990
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Demolition · Brecht · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre Herstalien d'activités pour pensionnés et prépensionnés · Herstal · since 1990
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Abbreviation of CHAPEAUVEAU EXPLOITATION · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hélécine · since 1971
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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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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Lierde · since 1989
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2013
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Gent · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2019
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Operation of sports facilities · Temse · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Gembloux · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Corbas Saint Priest · since 1978
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Retail sale of antiques · Tongeren · since 1978
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Ledegem · since 1983
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Vielsalm · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DOWINA · Full-service restaurants · Lievegem · since 2001
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since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · since 2016
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Other membership organisations · Lokeren · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Heuvelland · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DEJORY · Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2011
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Plastering work · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of WVT · Full-service restaurants · Essen · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Temse · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ILAN & Co · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Zedelgem · since 2024
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Other business support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hélécine · since 2019
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020