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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Courcelles · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2016
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Schilde · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of DI · Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Financiële lease · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1998
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geer · since 2012
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 1979
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since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Vosselaar · since 2023
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since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gembloux · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · since 2006
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2026
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Essen · since 2014
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Interior design · Zonnebeke · since 2019
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Maldegem · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR DIENSTBETOON BIJ DE ONTWIKKELING VAN BEDRIJFSOBJECTEN VOOR DE DETAILHANDEL · Brussel · since 1976
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since 1993