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.
“CHOP”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2023
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2026
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Charleville · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of MAHEMA · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of TAVERNE CHOPIN · Full-service restaurants · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Abbreviation of CHOPIN AS · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of PHILIPPE COTTENIE · Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of ROYAL · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Aalter · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen en van toestellen in verband daarmee · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of CONTRIBUONS A UNE WALLONIE PICARDE DE QUALITÉ · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tournai · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Andenne · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of COOPÉRATIVE HUMANITAIRE D'ORGANISATION CHEVROTINE · Sivry-Rance · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BVZ · Cafés and bars · Kortenberg · since 2009
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Visé · since 1969
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Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 1996
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of The Suksrikarn · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BYT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2004
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Hooglede · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013