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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 2018
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2023
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Organisation Textile · Kortrijk · since 1972
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Forging of metal · Temse · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL ENORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Centre of Transformation · Other education · Lint · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CLUB OLYMPIC TRIVIERES · Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2009
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Floor and wall tiling · Beringen · since 2011
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Ardooie · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Cotonnière industrielle et financière · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Torhout · since 1956
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brussel · since 2001
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Nivelles · since 2001
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lubbeek · since 2013
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Waterloo · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A. · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of CHIRURGIE ORTHOPEDIE TRAUMATOLOGIE ARTHROSCOPIE · Specialist medical practice · Bouillon · since 2002
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Abbreviation of CommuniThings · Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Cream of the Crop · Public relations and communication consultancy · Merchtem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Collectif Tutti Frutti · Socio-cultural adult education · Esneux · since 2021
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Abbreviation of coverband 'Covers on the Rocks' · Lummen · since 2010
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 1989
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Computer programming · Wevelgem · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Bornem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Comptoir de Tissus et de Mercerie · Brussel · since 1963