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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Hoogstraten · since 2014
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aalst · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Cosmétique · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Hasselt · since 2016
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Media representation · Bonheiden · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Laureins · since 2023
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Etudes Numismatiques · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen de Normalisation - European Comittee for Standardization - Europäisches Komitee für Normung · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 1975
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of MYKLA · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Hasselt · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Centre neurophysiologique Floréal · Ukkel · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of KANTOOR DE PAEPE-DE DENE · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Kruisem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CENSEA AUXILIUM - TAX CONSILIUM · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Herent · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of TARAFA · Dental practice · Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Dental practice · Turnhout · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Energétique Namuroise · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lille · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2009
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Other financial services · since 2009
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Aalst · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · since 2015
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Other financial services · since 1999
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Other financial services · since 1999
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Other financial services · since 1999
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 2000
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1977
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1974
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Other financial services · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BV FINANCIAL @VICES · Agents and brokers in banking services · Wuustwezel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Centaura · Youth work associations · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zonnebeke · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Leuven · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1957
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · La Louvière · since 1977
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Brussel · since 1979
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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Hooglede · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Other postal and courier activities · Haaltert · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Inland freight water transport · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SOMEP · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Agents and brokers in banking services · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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General electrical installation work · Liège · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Charleroi · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Club européen de Natation · Brussel · since 1990