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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Hoogstraten · since 2004
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Retail sale of other household articles · Ternat · since 2026
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Oostende · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Elsene · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Florennes · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2011
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since 2001
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Physiotherapy · since 2003
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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London W1 X3FB · since 1984
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Etterbeek · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1995
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Nijverdal · since 1996
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Event catering · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Psychology services · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2023
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Geel · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1986
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Geel · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2002
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Dilbeek · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
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Event catering · Pelt · since 2022
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004
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Psychology services · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022