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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Saint-Ghislain · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Meise · since 1968
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · La Louvière · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Binche · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of YNN 18 · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Maasmechelen · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Waimes · since 2009
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Site preparation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · Ganshoren · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Beernem · since 2025
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Trade name of BATUMI · Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Estinnes · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Ardooie · since 1970
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Trade name of ALL INVESTMENT EN TRADING COMPANY · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Dynamique d'Animation et deCulture · Brussel · since 1991
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Lasne · since 2001
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since 1978
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Zelzate · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Asse · since 1990
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Dessel · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of DANIMO GROUP · Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Elsene · since 1997
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Diepenbeek · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2013
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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since 1989
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since 2018
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Other education · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ronse · since 2023
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since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2009
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2009
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General cleaning of buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Merchtem · since 2021