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.
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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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vilvoorde · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Destelbergen · since 1996
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Other construction installation · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Gent · since 1984
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Etterbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Pepingen · since 1983
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2025
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Wholesale of other food products · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Abbreviation of D'Oranje Giraffen · Diest · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Maasmechelen · since 1997
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Landen · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2019