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.
“CULINA”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of JOHAN JASPERS · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hasselt · since 1988
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Pepinster · since 2015
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Mechelen · since 1943
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1999
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Verviers · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Schilde · since 2021
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Bassenge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of AB RESTAURATION · Contract catering and other food service activities · Gembloux · since 2001
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Groothandel in spijsoliën en -vetten · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2005
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Raising of horses and other equines · Hamois · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2019
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Other social work without accommodation · Geel · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Begijnendijk · since 2013
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MONICA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Nivelles · since 1989
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Hasselt · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Event catering · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Belgian Gastronomic Development · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 2009
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Other business support services · Diepenbeek · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Destelbergen · since 1987
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Event catering · since 2014
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Event catering · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1999
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Other construction installation · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Culinvest · Activities of head offices · Oostende · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of 1833 Venue · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other business support services · Lanaken · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Assenede · since 1999
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Event catering · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Event catering · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Balen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Shangri-La International · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Event catering · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of C. DANS L'AIR · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Brussel · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zottegem · since 2005
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Jabbeke · since 1994