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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 1958
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Name of an establishment of CITY TANG · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Liège · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herenthout · since 1994
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Inland freight water transport · since 2014
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1987
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Zaventem · since 2020
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2021
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Brugge · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Politiezone Antwerpen · Lokale Politie · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Lausanne · since 1985
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Other education · Evergem · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Bornem · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudergem · since 2025
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Real estate agency activities · Vilvoorde · since 1984
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL D'APPLICATIONS NOUVELLES · Vervaardiging van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen en van toestellen in verband daarmee · Tenneville · since 1992
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Translation services · Herve · since 1995
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1997
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Merksplas · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Oudsbergen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Durbuy · since 2010
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Other legal services · Aalst · since 2011
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2008
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Bewerken van diamant · since 1985
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Brussel · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Lasne · since 2021
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Anderlecht · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 1999
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2018
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Office administrative and support services · since 2013
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Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of DIAMANT BOUW RENOVATIE · General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2022
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Trade name of ZA GROUP · General construction of residential buildings · Alken · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 1988