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.
“CLIPS”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Asse · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Clips by sara trossaert · Hairdressing and barber services · Gavere · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Lontzen · since 2006
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Psychology services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Centre de location dans l'immobilier pour étudiants · since 1991
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Gistel · since 2025
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Steenokkerzeel · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of SORBONNE · Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Ukkel · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Wevelgem · since 1998
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 1993
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Book publishing · Zandhoven · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BOELIE JR · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1998
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1998
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of COMPTOIR LIEGEOIS D'INSTALLATIONS PROFESSIONNELLS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Esneux · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Cours de Langue intensifs à Paris · Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Leuven · since 1990
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Aquacultuur in zoet water · Cerfontaine · since 2013
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Diepenbeek · since 2011
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Nieuwpoort · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Verviers · since 2025
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Combined facilities support activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Dilbeek · since 1975
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Brussel · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Centre de Loisirs et d'Information · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Ittre · since 1974
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Abbreviation of CONTROL LANGUAGES FOR THE INDUSTRY · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2003
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Travel agency activities · Leuven · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ECLIPS NAMUR · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bernissart · since 2001
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Computer programming · Ranst · since 2017
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2019
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Elsene · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Drunen · since 1978
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1992