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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Enghien · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Circle of Sustainable Europe · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2020
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Consulting Office Security, Environment and Safety · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Couvin · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Beersel · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Comité de soutien à l'école communale de Moustier · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · hooge mierde · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 2025
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Materials recovery from waste · Incourt · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Coordination des services d'accueil d'enfants de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles · Activities of professional membership organisations · Mons · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Amel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CoStudy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Eeklo · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CONSULTING OFFICES & SERVICES · Activities of interior architects · Thuin · since 2008
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2006
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Hoeilaart · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Orthodontie Schilde · Schilde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of COLARD WORLDWIDE SERVICES · Public relations and communication consultancy · Vorst · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Church Of Speed · Activities of other sports clubs · Opwijk · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 1976
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Comité scolaire des Ecoles libres de la Docherie · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Charleroi · since 1990
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION ET SERVICES · Other membership organisations · Liège · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · Tournai · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ecaussinnes · since 2001
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Dental practice · Oostkamp · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Tournai · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of TAKE CARE FOOD 1 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2014
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Fitness centres · since 2024
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Abbreviation of COSY AIDE A DOMICILE · Ans · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of COSY-asbl · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CONCEPT SOCIAL INNOVENT · Verviers · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 1999
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2022
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'OPHTALMOLOGIE SANDRINE HICK · Herve · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Collectief van Senegalese in Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 2021
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Kortrijk · since 2023