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.
“Copain”
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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Anzegem · since 2005
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2024
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Kinrooi · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van verf, vernis ed, drukinkt en mastiek · Mouscron · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of I.V. CARS · Other postal and courier activities · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Zele · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AB Copains BE · Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Brussel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Wendy Horeca · Full-service restaurants · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2026
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Mobile food service activities · Brakel · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HORECA TOP SERVICE · Photography, excluding press photography · Hulshout · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of GULZIG · Event catering · Gent · since 2014
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Luxemburg · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Activities of head offices · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Kapellen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of De wereld draait door · Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Beringen · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Boechout · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VITUS · Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Merchtem · since 2015
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1966
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Holsbeek · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 2002
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1985
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Sports and recreation education · Brecht · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Coupe Sudaméricaine Bruxelles · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Maison des Jeunes de Watermael-Boitsfort · Youth work associations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1973
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Luxembourg 2241 · since 1996
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Retail sale of antiques · Waterloo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Société de Courtage en Assurances · Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Liège · since 1970
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 1983
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Aesch · since 1992
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Binche · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Kortrijk · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION PANAFRICAINE DES ACTEURS DE SANTE · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative des Petits Fabricants et Réparateurs · Ukkel · since 1968