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.
“DUIM”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in sanitair · Hoeilaart · since 1993
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Zwevegem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of FERM KINDEROPVANG · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Leuven · since 1976
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 1983
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Day nurseries and crèches · Pelt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Dienst voor Onthaalgezinnen · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Leopoldsburg · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Wetteren · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Wetteren · since 1968
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Day nurseries and crèches · Herk-de-Stad · since 1992
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1981
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 1987
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Lievegem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Yasicon · Day nurseries and crèches · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2009
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1986
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2023