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.
“Castel, Ignace”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1996
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Kapellen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Revivre a Sugny · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 1986
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Middelkerke · since 1992
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Event catering · Pajottegem · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Seraing · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Châtelet · since 2023
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Retail sale of games and toys · Gent · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Herentals · since 1994
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1991
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013