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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 1983
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Cafés and bars · Pepingen · since 2016
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Machining of metals · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of I.B.L.C. GROUP · Cafés and bars · Gingelom · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ieper · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of DI · Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of JLS SOCIETY · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Seneffe · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bascule Accounting and Advisory · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortenberg · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Bascule 1730 · Full-service restaurants · Asse · since 2003
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Veterinary services · Ieper · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BASCULE - CHINEES WOKRESTAURANT · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2009
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DAHOME · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Elsene · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Comines-Warneton · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Ternat · since 1990
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · Deinze · since 1997
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Roosdaal · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LES PETITS RIENS - SPULLENHULP · Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 1937
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Name of an establishment of KODECK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Chaudfontaine · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1981
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Menen · since 1988
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Maaseik · since 1990
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Soignies · since 1991
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Nieuwpoort · since 1992
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Hamois · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · Charleroi · since 2008
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021