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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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Nicolas · since 2025
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Evere · since 1971
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Turnhout · since 1986
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2015
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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Bastogne · since 1991
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · Schilde · since 2001
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Translation services · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2011
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1971
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Vorst · since 2007
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General medical practice · Ath · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ARCHEOLOGISCHE ONDERNEMING · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2025