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.
“EL CLASSICO”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Eeklo · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Stabroek · since 2020
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Pelt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MGTS · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2018
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Beheer van financiële markten · Ranst · since 1983
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Asse · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brasschaat · since 1987
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of RAF AM · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Boussu · since 2025
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Risk and damage evaluation · Zoersel · since 2003