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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Oostende · since 1984
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Brussel · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lier · since 2017
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Menen · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Wetteren · since 2003
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Hamois · since 2004
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Event catering · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · Blankenberge · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wingene · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Algemene Bouwwerken De Lille J · General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2021
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Riemst · since 2023
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Zulte · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bierbeek · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Lier · since 2004
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Merchtem · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vilvoorde · since 2018
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Wholesale of other food products · Anderlecht · since 2021
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since 2005
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Erpe-Mere · since 1982
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Real estate agency activities · Ninove · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 1992
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Brussel · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1995
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1986
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2017
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Plumbing work · Genk · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1963
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DELICIA SERVICES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2022
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DELI MIKE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wommelgem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of ASAHI · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2007
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2014
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Tournai · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Anderlecht · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 1988