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.
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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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2024
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van bakstenen · Hoogstraten · since 1956
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 1978
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1995
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Alken · since 1997
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Abbreviation of De Stap, Centrum voor Kinderzorg en Gezinsondersteuning · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Genk · since 1998
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Psychology services · Retie · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of DE STAL WERVIK · Floor and wall tiling · Wervik · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
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Football clubs · Vorselaar · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Tienen · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Ingelmunster · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2022
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Menen · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Sint-Laureins · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Torhout · since 2006
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Proefboren en boren · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT, ENTRAIDE, SOLIDARITE DANS LE TRAVAIL · Gerpinnes · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Dest International · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Charleroi · since 1999