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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Eeklo · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Halen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2000
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Nursing and midwifery · Affligem · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTIONS ET RENOVATIONS IMMOBILIERES · General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET D'INFORMATION SOCIO-POLITIQUES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1962
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Advertising agencies · since 1997
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Other education · Oostende · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Temse · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire pour la Prospective du Congo · since 2004
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Manufacture of jewellery · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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since 1989