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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · De Haan · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of HAVANA CLUB · Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Strybol Pharma Groep · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brugge · since 2011
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2012
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Lievegem · since 2013
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Antwerpen · since 1968
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General medical practice · Lokeren · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Dienstencentrum De Rotonde VZW · Other membership organisations · Ganshoren · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 1987
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Avelgem · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DE BOEVER DEVOLDER · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hooglede · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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General medical practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Kortemark · Afvalwaterafvoer · Kortemark · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Kortemark · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Kortemark · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of FINEDECLAIRE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1989
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Braives · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Les minis explorateurs · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Pajottegem · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1993
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of GUNBEY · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2023
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BE CONFORT INNOVATION · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Brussel · since 2024
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Menen · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Vosselaar · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Parochiale Ontmoetingscentra Heilige Franciscus van Assisi · Activities of religious organisations · Evergem · since 2022
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Brasschaat · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Rebelle · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Brussel · since 1972
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2014
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Other cleaning activities · Erquelinnes · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 1987
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2024
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Fléron · since 1988
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Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2011
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2023