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.
“Clost”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rixensart · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aywaille · since 1965
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Elsene · since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Mortsel · since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VédéA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aalter · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Laarne · since 2021
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CLOSED Antwerp · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centre de Littérature Orale · Waremme · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Centre de Loisirs Ovifat · Other sports activities · Liège · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Leuven · since 1987
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Brugge · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2015
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Wellin · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of De Meisjes · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Gent · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kinrooi · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Leuvens Onthaalcentrum Voor Sociaal Toerisme · Lubbeek · since 1983
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Mechelen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Lost In Translation · Sound recording · Elsene · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2024