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.
“DOWNTOWN”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MH Partenaires · Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 2022
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gent · since 2010
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Leopoldsburg · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brugge · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brussel · since 2010
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2026
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Elsene · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of LIBERTY INVESTMENTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kruisem · since 2001
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudenaarde · since 2019
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Pet training · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of GILLIS - VAN BAETEN · Antwerpen · since 1992