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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Ukkel · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bornem · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lichtervelde · since 2026
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Name of WORLD CARS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Charleroi · since 2013
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Painting of buildings · Turnhout · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Ciney · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Jeli Laundry · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Pittem · since 2000
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Anhée · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Pont-à-Celles · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Employment placement agencies · Drogenbos · since 2023
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Luxembourg · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 1980
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Wemmel · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2012
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of WTC De Leeglopers · Sint-Laureins · since 2020
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Pittem · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudergem · since 2018
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
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Wholesale of live animals · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Quiévrain · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2019
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Dental practice · since 2024
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since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Zwevegem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2015
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Liège · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2021
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Deinze · since 2012
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Painting of buildings · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2026