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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other information service activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2024
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kippenkwekerijen · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2025
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Gent · since 1921
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Abbreviation of Koninklyke Wipmaatschappy de Hoop · Antwerpen · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Handel- Industrie- en Scheepvaartmaatschappij de Hoop · Terneuzen · since 1980
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Joinery installation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Alken · since 1992
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Brussel · since 1995
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of PAUL TRADERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of MDS Renovation · Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2007
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Interior design · Grez-Doiceau · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · Honnelles · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Handboogmaatschappij De Eendracht Herenthout · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herenthout · since 2012
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Abbreviation of La Destinée de l'être humain · Other non-specialised retail sale · Oudergem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR ELISE HOUVET · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Erpe-Mere · since 1990
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Operation of sports facilities · Balen · since 1975
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of DE VIJVER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Grimbergen · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Heers · since 1997
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Retie · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of De Hoorn Grand Café · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1990
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Other retail sale of food · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zandhoven · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2006
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Putte · since 2021
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HOSPEC · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2023
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Deerlijk · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Vleteren · since 2009
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Oostende · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Lanaken · since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Jodoigne · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of KENTUCKY · Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2007