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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HAARLEM · since 1996
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Wijnegem · since 1961
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Elsene · since 1964
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of DISCOUNT HORRIFIANT DISTRIBUTION · Other non-specialised retail sale · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Plombières · since 2011
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kontich · since 2004
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bassenge · since 1986
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2015
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Fischbach · since 2014
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Namur · since 2016
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2021
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2009
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2006
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zwalm · since 2024
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Esneux · since 2025
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Evere · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Wholesale of other household goods · Tubize · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Neufchâteau · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Gent · since 2024
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2018
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Verviers · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Ans · since 1993
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Herstal · since 2001
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Waterloo · since 2013
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Turnhout · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · Thimister-Clermont · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 2017
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2017
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Orgeval · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Fleurus · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · Ukkel · since 2023
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LE MANS · since 2023
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Other business support services · Herselt · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Fleurus · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Chimay · since 2009
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Heuvelland · since 2010
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Other information technology and computer services · Enghien · since 2000
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Freight transport by road · Manage · since 2018
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Bernissart · since 1990
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since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2004