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.
“Chapau”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · since 2016
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DEJORY · Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2011
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of WVT · Full-service restaurants · Essen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of ILAN & Co · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1998
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Activities of bailiffs · Manhay · since 2019
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Oostende · since 2026
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ANNASA INVEST · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of COLLECTIF HASTEDON ANIMATION PARTICIPATION · Namur · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · asten · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MISOLA · Retail sale of footwear · Aywaille · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Chambre amicale et philanthropique · Brussel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Sankt Vith · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre Herstalien d'activités pour pensionnés et prépensionnés · Herstal · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DE GENIETER · Full-service restaurants · Aalter · since 2000
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Namur · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Dinant · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CHAPEAUVEAU EXPLOITATION · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hélécine · since 1971
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Lierde · since 1989
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Dilbeek · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Gent · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Operation of sports facilities · Temse · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Gembloux · since 2010
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Demolition · Brecht · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2025
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Screed work · Beernem · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van kurk, riet of vlechtwerk · since 2014