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.
“Calamares”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of VAN OVERMEIREN TEXTILES · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · SALZBERGEN · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of AFOSY · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zandhoven · since 2017
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Münschecker · since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · De Haan · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
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since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mons · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2016
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ACTIVITES LUDIQUES ARTISTIQUES ET MUSICALES POUR ENFANTS · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Logistics services · since 2022
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Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lommel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CALA KEUKENS EN INTERIEUR · Retail sale of household furniture · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2005