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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Overijse · since 2024
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Cultural education · Oudergem · since 2026
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Other specialised design activities · Vorst · since 1982
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Freight transport by road · Nazareth · since 1996
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Niel · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ninove · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of MARCO BARBER · Hairdressing and barber services · Kortenberg · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liedekerke · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of KAZI BABU · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of SIAL1 · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Zutendaal · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BAMIEN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Drogenbos · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · since 2020
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Other postal and courier activities · Riemst · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · since 2021