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
42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Wandelclub Den Engel · Activities of other sports clubs · Leuven · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of A.xelle · Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of MELDI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Houthulst · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · Mechelen · since 2009
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of KRAMMIT · Full-service restaurants · Bertem · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DAGOBERT · Cafés and bars · Deinze · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Kontich · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Maarkedal · since 2025
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Tervuren · since 1960
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Full-service restaurants · Zandhoven · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1992
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants
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Name of an establishment of PIETERJAN ROSSEEL · Event catering · Ichtegem · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1971
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Cafés and bars · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of MARIDEC · Cafés and bars · Lier · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 1999
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Brugge · since 2017
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Manufacture of other wood products · Eeklo · since 2008
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ADEVIA · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Kapellen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Brugge · since 2006
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Abbreviation of INTERPROFESSIONELE ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP DESIGN EN ENGINEERING · Activities of building architects · Aarschot · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Dans en Expressie · Other amusement and recreation activities · Mechelen · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Bree · since 2021
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Brugge · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boom · since 2009
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Abbreviation of DIVINE ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oupeye · since 2026
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Event catering · Maarkedal · since 2018