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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Huy · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Limbourg · since 2021
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Other printing · Zonnebeke · since 1994
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Other education · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2011
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since 2026
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Abbreviation of Asbl TIDOU HUMANITY · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Schaarbeek · since 1985
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Abbreviation of DEMOKRATISERENDE INITIATIEVEN DEGELIJK ONDERSTEUNEN · Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 1984
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Bekkevoort · since 1989
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Herzele · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kalmthout · since 1997
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Other education · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of DO IT DIFFERENT · Incourt · since 1990
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Nijlen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Drawn Into Descent · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Bonheiden · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Diksmuidse Domeinen Sint-Aloysius · Diksmuide · since 1958
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Hemiksem · since 1989
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Geel · since 2008
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Other education · since 2025
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Interior design · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · since 2022