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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beringen · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Courcelles · since 2024
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2007
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2015
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Walcourt · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of OFFcourse · Visual arts creation · Vorst · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Berlaar · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Semi-Marathon de l'Ourse · Saint-Ghislain · since 2013
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Other sports activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Vorst · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2017
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Other education · Rixensart · since 2008
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Other education · since 2019
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2004
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Zele · since 1983
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Zemst · since 1996
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Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Logging · since 2007
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Gerpinnes · since 2010
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La Louvière · since 2005
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Aarschot · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van voeders voor huisdieren · Ternat · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 2012
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Aywaille · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lessines · since 2024
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since 1989
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Name of an establishment of ELIFAR · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Oostende · since 2014
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Charleroi · since 1996