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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Wijnegem · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wijnegem · since 2020
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Ronse · since 1982
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Liedekerke · since 1985
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Brecht · since 1994
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Rumst · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Abbreviation of HOF TEN EENHOORN · Full-service restaurants · Asse · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of Loontjens · Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Finishing of textiles · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · Ronse · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lede · since 1987
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor personen met psychiatrische problemen · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2024
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Lievegem · since 1981
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Helan Kinderopvang · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VZW KINDEROPVANG 'T EEKHOORNTJE · Day nurseries and crèches · Leuven · since 1974
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since 1979
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Name of an establishment of EMMA · Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Zedelgem · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2013
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Koekelberg · since 2003