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
47 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Gent · since 1937
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Name of an establishment of Emmaüs · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Mechelen · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of GROEP ZORG H. FAMILIE · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Kortrijk · since 1974
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heuvelland · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of NIELOR INVEST · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Genk · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 1991
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Zele · since 1992
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Gent · since 1992
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Aggregates & Finance · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brugge · since 1993
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Kruisem · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Ukkel · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Gistel · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Office administrative and support services · since 1998
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1986
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2010
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Finishing of textiles · since 2007
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2007
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Brussel · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1984
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Lievegem · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2019
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Retail sale of games and toys · Brecht · since 2021
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Braine-le-Comte · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DUVAL WATERLOO · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VRANJE · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of VRANJE II · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of VRANJE III · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Thmswarin · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2020
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Ukkel · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Herentals · since 1989
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · bar hill-cambridge · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Retail sale of games and toys · Malmedy · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Welkenraedt · since 2025
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Vosselaar · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ingelmunster · since 1985
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1999
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1999
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of BE MORE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ukkel · since 1970
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General construction of residential buildings · Manage · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
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Ranst · since 2001
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Painting of buildings · since 2016
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ALDIMA · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Gent · since 2025