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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Immobiliaire Investeringsmaatschappij Den Arend · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 1976
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Oud-Turnhout · since 1984
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Book publishing · Bonheiden · since 1990
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Landscape service activities · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of LIEBAER · Cafés and bars · Tielt · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Tielt · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1975
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2007
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Manufacture of beer · Herzele · since 1983
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Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1950
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Erpe-Mere · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Vermogensbeheer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Mechelen · since 2005
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Maarkedal · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2009
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Aalst · since 2012
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Plastering work · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lievegem · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalter · since 1997
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Diest · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of D & D · Activities of holding companies · Houyet · since 1999
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Dental practice · Herenthout · since 2023
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Lubbeek · since 1989
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1998
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Plastering work · Vorst · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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since 2004
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Leuven · since 1971
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Other information service activities · Bierbeek · since 2020
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Tienen · since 1981
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Jette · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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since 1989
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since 1977
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2026