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
41 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Buurtwerking De Statie · Ichtegem · since 1983
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Gent · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Retie · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW DE STATIE, HASSELTSESTEENWEG 61 TE 3720 KORTESSEM · Hasselt · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of SAK SHOP · Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Menen · since 2012
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Damme · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of DANHOG · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Eeklo · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Moeders · Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DE STATIE BRECHT · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brecht · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of V-N-A · Other retail sale of food · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bocholt · since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Torhout · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Balen · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of 'T HEIKE · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Pelt · since 1989
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of LAUREYSSENS LUDO VAN LINDEN ANN · Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Willebroek · since 2011
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zonhoven · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Deinze · since 2009
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of dairy cattle · Turnhout · since 2008
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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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Kalmthout · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ingelmunster · since 2026
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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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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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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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Cafés and bars · Tienen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of other household articles · Mortsel · since 2023
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Charleroi · since 1999
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Damme · since 1988