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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CON ARTE · General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2025
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since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 2019
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 1995
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2000
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Other sports activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2016
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Other construction installation · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Dogs On Search · Roeselare · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ardooie · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2024
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Other business support services · Asse · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1984
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Budapest · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Merchtem · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Legacy Dockx · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Herent · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2020
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Poperinge · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lille · since 2011
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Brussel · since 1984
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Dental practice · Elsene · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Koekelberg · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Maasmechelen · since 2014