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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Fernelmont · since 2025
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Den Haag · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2024
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Kasterlee · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Event catering · Merchtem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1998
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Trade name of VERMEULEN KRISTOF- MARKETING PROFESSIONAL · Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2019
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Dental practice · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Tienen · since 2004
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Walhain · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Lasne · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 2009
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Trade name of DS Fashion Ventures · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Deutches Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnik e.V. · Public relations and communication consultancy · QUAKENBRUCK · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2025
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Elsene · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Psychology services · Oostende · since 2008