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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brasschaat · since 1987
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of RAF AM · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Boussu · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of D-WINE C-EVENTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Flobecq · since 2019
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Eeklo · since 1988
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1980
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1978
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Event catering · Wervik · since 2005
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1990
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Event catering · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudergem · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · Lessines · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Ukkel · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 1988