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.
“Champex”
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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Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
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Tienen · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Abbreviation of CHAPEAUVEAU EXPLOITATION · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hélécine · since 1971
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Club Hannutois d'Amateurs de Minéralogie et Paléontologie · Hannut · since 1993
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Perwez · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Viroinval · since 1989
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Nivelles · since 1992
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Ath · since 2018
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Geraardsbergen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of CERCLE D'HISTOIRE ET D'ARCHEOLOGIE DE MORLANWELZ · Morlanwelz · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Wholesale of live animals · Modave · since 1976
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Wavre · since 2001
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Herent · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Elsene · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wanze · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Beauvechain · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 1988
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1995
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Roeselare · since 2009
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Abbreviation of chamoevents & communication · Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Vorst · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Removal services · since 2019
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Etterbeek · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kalmthout · since 2009