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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of TOCIN · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2001
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since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Jan GODDET · Cafés and bars · Alken · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Lebbeke · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Physiotherapy · Brussel · since 1999
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · Putte · since 2013
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Joinery installation · since 2010
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Hamont-Achel · since 1980
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2022
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Travel agency activities · Leuven · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Delft Environment Technology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1991
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Roofing work · Veurne · since 1982
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Anderlecht · since 1983
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Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Oosterzele · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of aPart · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Gent · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MEMLING · Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zonnebeke · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Wholesale of machine tools · Eeklo · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Detollenaere VOF · Anzegem · since 1987
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Plastering work · Assenede · since 2013
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Herent · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Esneux · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2020