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.
“Chan, Lin”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Retail sale of antiques · Tongeren · since 1978
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Ledegem · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of DOWINA · Full-service restaurants · Lievegem · since 2001
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since 1995
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Heuvelland · since 2023
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Web portal activities · Mons · since 2010
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Anderlecht · since 1989
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
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since 1979
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Full-service restaurants · Berlare · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of FINE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1990
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Etterbeek · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Remicourt · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CHARLEROI NATURE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Charleroi · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Chabad Hebrew Activity Network Association · Etterbeek · since 2007