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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oostkamp · since 1978
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Abbreviation of EURACTIV MEDIA · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2008
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Olne · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ASSOCIATIF & PARTICIPATIF · Brussel · since 2012
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Detailhandel in boeken · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
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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 Centre National de Perfectionnement pour la Boucherie et la Charcuterie · Brussel · since 1955
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Chiasso · since 1973
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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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Abbreviation of Cercle bertrigeois de Natation · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1988
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Energétique Namuroise · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CERCLE D'ESCRIME DE NEUFCHATEAU ASBL · Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Neufchâteau · since 2012
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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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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Activities of interior architects · Boortmeerbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Assesse · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Assesse · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centre National d'Assistance Technique et de Recherche Appliquee pour les Petites et Moyennes Entreprises · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1958
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AERONAUTIQUE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Charleroi · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Moorslede · since 2014
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Elsene · since 2014
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of CONTROL AND PROTECTION · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Abbreviation of C & C · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brugge · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Comité d'Entraide scoute · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CONTACT EN PROMOTIE · Mechelen · since 1987
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Other tax advisory services · Deinze · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of SEMA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of COUCK EN PESCOD INVEST · Real estate agency activities · Liedekerke · since 1990
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Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of C EN I CONSULTING EN INTERIOR · Activities of interior architects · Leuven · since 1994
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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beernem · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Evergem · since 1996
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 1999
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Corcelles · since 1996
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Other technical testing and analysis · Hooglede · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Club européen de Natation · Brussel · since 1990
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Construction of roads and motorways · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2002
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Abbreviation of COUNE EN CARPENTER · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1975
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Lokeren · since 1979