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.
“DADAO”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Visé · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · Hasselt · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2013
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of JXDHAM · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Oreye · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ronse · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Daring Dandy · Halle · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Harelbeke · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Diamond Asia Diffusion · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Soumagne · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Docteurs APPELTANTS ET DAVIN · Nutrition and dietetics services · Nandrin · since 2010
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Abbreviation of DRITAN ALMA DIFFUSION · Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Peer · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Interior design · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2024
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Veterinary services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Gent · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fleurus · since 2023