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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1992
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brussel · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1995
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Warehousing and storage · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2002
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Abbreviation of CLARA LIFE · Koekelberg · since 2016
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Menen · since 2019
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2003
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Activities of head offices · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2024
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La Louvière · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Centre Libéral d'Action et de Réflexion surl'Audio - Visuel · Productie van televisiefilms · Anderlues · since 1985
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Combo Youth Academy · Lier · since 2023
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Yara 2 · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Essen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of S. NAMO · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zoersel · since 2003