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.
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 1996
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brussel · since 1988
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Physiotherapy · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of HELMA · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Retail sale of footwear · Jette · since 1998
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Groothandel in schoeisel · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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since 1995
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Other education · since 2016
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Combined facilities support activities · Bonheiden · since 2023
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Flobecq · since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2023
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Evergem · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2007
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Brussel · since 1945
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Dilbeek · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Koksijde · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · Charleroi · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1994
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Maastricht · since 1996
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schilde · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1986
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Kinrooi · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Walcourt · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Beersel · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2014
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of KRISTEX · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Pajottegem · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Kortenberg · since 1989
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Zeevisserij · Kapellen · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Kontich · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 1991
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Leuven · since 1997
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Nieuwpoort · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Development of residential building projects · Hoogstraten · since 2018
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1983
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Wholesale of other food products · Anderlues · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · Meerhout · since 2012
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2025