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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Athènes · since 1968
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of OPTOMA · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Ukkel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of EURO - VISION · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Ath · since 1992
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Abbreviation of COMPUTER SOFTWARE, MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND SERVICES · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of OPTIC BASILIX · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Cosmos-Excelsior · Socio-cultural adult education · Anderlecht · since 1997
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Translation services · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Scénique Mosane · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Soumagne · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of GRAVITY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Andenne · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Vranken - Heylen · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Tielt-Winge · since 1988
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Demolition · Dendermonde · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Lier · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of COSSMO · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Mol · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CULTUUR-, ONTSPANNINGS- EN SPORTKRING MOBIELE ONDERSTEUNING · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bastogne · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Nivelles · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Maasmechelen · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Peer · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1981
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CoStudy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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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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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Orthodontie Schilde · Schilde · 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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Seneffe · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of MBdesigner · Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Elsene · since 2025
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Other education · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2022
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Jette · since 1978
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Burdinne · since 1991
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2009
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Bastogne · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 2021
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Oostende · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2009