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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2021
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 2018
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since 1984
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Elsene · since 1986
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Pelt · since 1995
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Diva Consulting Limited · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of AG Culturele Instellingen Antwerpen/Erfgoed · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deerlijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of IZABELA · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oosterzele · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of W.A. MODE · Manufacture of outerwear · Brussel · since 2012
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Diepenbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Diversity By AYA · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Eeklo · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Laakdal · since 2012
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Brussel · since 1985
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Translation services · since 2019