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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1991
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Wichelen · since 2000
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Plumbing work · Jodoigne · since 2010
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Computer programming · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2011
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Gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Brussel · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2008
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Abbreviation of De Capo · Dilbeek · since 1994
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Avelgem · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Affligem · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fédération wallonne des Groupements de Danses et/ou de Musiques Populaires · Anderlecht · since 1959
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Ukkel · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of DA CAR - ETABLISSEMENTS DA CAR · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brussel · since 1985
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Market research and public opinion polling · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of DIGIDEAL · Activities of holding companies · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Geel · since 2020
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Herentals · since 2008
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Deerlijk · since 2011
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Other education · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sankt Vith · since 2010
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Ans · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Mechelen · since 2018
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Ichtegem · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Dactylos Auxiliaires Capables-Agences Générale d'Intérims · Brussel · since 1967