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.
“CHAPLIN”
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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of antiques · Tongeren · since 1978
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Ledegem · since 1983
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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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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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Full-service restaurants · Heuvelland · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of The Barbergroup · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Ingelmunster · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of LORO BOLLONO · Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1977
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of AXIO · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Ronse · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Web portal activities · Mons · since 2010
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Music Hall Classics · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of IL CHAPELINO · Cafés and bars · Aarschot · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SHABI CHALLENGE · Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PRO NUTRITION · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2017
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of CHAPLINSINVEST · Buying and selling of own real estate · Destelbergen · since 2014
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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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Abbreviation of Centre Herstalien d'activités pour pensionnés et prépensionnés · Herstal · since 1990
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since 1989
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Event catering · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MTB inv · Screed work · Herentals · since 2019