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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1958
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Name of an establishment of CITY TANG · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Liège · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herenthout · since 1994
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Inland freight water transport · since 2014
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1987
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2021
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Brugge · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Politiezone Antwerpen · Lokale Politie · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Herentals · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of HOKIS · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van de @Residentie De Diamant@, Europaplein zn. te Maasmechelen. · Maasmechelen · since 1998
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Grobbendonk · since 1979
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2023
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MOONSTONE BIJOU · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Lasne · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of THIERRY-MARIA · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2016
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of OPCO Vlaanderen · Veterinary services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kapellen · since 2018
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudergem · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Merksplas · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Durbuy · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2008
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Hooglede · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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since 1993