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.
“DIFAR”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Fléron · since 1999
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anzegem · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 1968
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Youth work associations · Vilvoorde · since 1974
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Anderlecht · since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1992
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Day nurseries and crèches · Zulte · since 1998
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Bewerken van diamant · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2020
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Pig breeding farms · Ravels · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maldegem · since 2009
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwalm · since 2009
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Alken · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2006
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Sprimont · since 2000
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Abbreviation of DIFFUSION · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Ath · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1972
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Namur · since 1978
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Izegem · since 1985
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Meerhout · since 1996
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General medical practice · Vorst · since 2009
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Vorst · since 1984
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of PROPHONIC · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2019