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
50 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Gent · since 1964
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Lierde · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Waterloo · since 1993
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Ukkel · since 2002
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Physiotherapy · Landen · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1983
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DONCASTER · since 2006
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Other sports activities · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 2012
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2002
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · Pelt · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2009
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Dental practice · since 2002
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brakel · since 2008
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since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Kraainem · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of IDSKY · Other non-specialised retail sale · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DB.INSTITUT.K · Hairdressing and barber services · Tournai · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Luxembourg 2420 · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Roeselare · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Seneffe · since 2009
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Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Office administrative and support services · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · since 2016
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since 2008