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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Zoersel · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of MELOVAN · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Zonhoven · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · Affligem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of DEJI-CARE · Construction of roads and motorways · Beerse · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Grobbendonk · since 2023
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Trade name of Robchar · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Waregem · since 2014
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Gent · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van kantoormachines en -uitrusting (exclusief computers en randapparatuur) · since 1993
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Bredene · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2000
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Detailhandel in wapens en munitie · Dessel · since 2016
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Perwez · since 2020
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Manufacture of other wood products · Wielsbeke · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · Wingene · since 2015
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of FAYS MONIQUE · Hairdressing and barber services · Rixensart · since 2010
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GELEEN · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Menen · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Liège · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012