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.
“DINES”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2024
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Production of cinema films · Lier · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2000
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Other personal services · Brugge · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Dikke Nekken · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2017
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2017
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Other business support services · Anzegem · since 2025
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 1991
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Boechout · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Riemst · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Le Madec · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1984
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1991
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General medical practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Chimay · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Hove · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Aartselaar · since 2025
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2026
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since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 2020