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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.
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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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anhée · since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2022
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Other business support services · Turnhout · since 2024
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 1992
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Verviers · since 2013
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Handel in gas via leidingen · Tournai · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2015
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN WOMAN RECTORS ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2015
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · dardilly · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Quiévrain · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Herent · since 2011
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Abbreviation of EDORA - Fédération de l'Energie D'Origine Renouvelable et Alternative · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Leuven · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2025
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Other financial services · Tienen · since 2025
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Andere ambulante revalidatieactiviteiten · Izegem · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of IFORA vzw · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rixensart · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 1999
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Computer programming · Zwevegem · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van bestralingsapparatuur en van elektromedische en elektrotherapeutische apparatuur · Meise · since 2025
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Rumst · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Eisenbahnfreunde Ostbelgien · Raeren · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Abbreviation of AIDES SERVICES FORMATIONS ACCOMPAGNEMENTS · Namur · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of YAZ · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Forum van Afrikaanse Associaties · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EXPLOITATIONS MINIERES, FORESTIERES ET AGRICOLES · Houyet · since 1989