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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Zonnebeke · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Malmedy · since 2026
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wevelgem · since 2017
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Zottegem · since 1986
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Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · Zwalm · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlues · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2004
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Manufacture of beer · Oostende · since 2021
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Gent · since 1975
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Beersel · since 1980
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Roosdaal · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of NEXTENSA · Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of GARAGE DEMOL · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Ninove · since 1993
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Lievegem · since 1994
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Physiotherapy · Brussel · since 1999
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Development of residential building projects · Tienen · since 2019
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 1986
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since 1989
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Abbreviation of FC DE M.O.L. 2001 · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Verviers · since 2026
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Jodoigne · since 2006