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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2004
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1941
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Zottegem · since 1971
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Vorst · since 1980
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Brasschaat · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Officieren Stafbrevethouders en van de Officieren Militair Administrateurs Brevethouders · Brussel · since 1986
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Kinshasa · since 1995
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Etterbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1987
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1979
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Other education · Evere · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aywaille · since 1965
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Elsene · since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1988
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of interior architects · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Other business support services · Stavelot · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2005