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.
“COPACABANA”
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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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BERHAN · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Kontich · since 1997
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Ukkel · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services
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Brussel · since 1987
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1979
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Antwerpen · since 2002
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of ANABAC · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Fitness centres · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998
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Nursing and midwifery · Harelbeke · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Concentration de la Propagande Anti-Communiste · Brussel · since 1938
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Holsbeek · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 2002
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1985
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Sports and recreation education · Brecht · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Coupe Sudaméricaine Bruxelles · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · since 2026
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Zandhoven · since 1989
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative des Petits Fabricants et Réparateurs · Ukkel · since 1968