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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Genk · since 2024
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 1985
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Elsene · since 1970
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Ath · since 2014
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Dental practice · Baarle-Hertog · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Dr. Elke Rimbaut, urgentiearts · Specialist medical practice · Ninove · since 2008
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of M.C. PROLOG · Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 1995
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Namur · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zwevegem · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2021
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Herzele · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Charleroi · since 2006
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Aalst · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Affligem · since 2025
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Namur · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1988
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Ardooie · since 2018
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · Genk · since 2010
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Zele · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Estaimpuis · since 1991