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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Other legal services · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2015
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Retail sale of other household articles · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kontich · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Kortrijk · since 1981
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Computer programming · Temse · since 2021
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oudergem · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ella - kenniscentrum gender en etniciteit · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2000
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Lanaken · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2016
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2020
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ELLA MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Rijkevorsel · since 1994
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Translation services · Zele · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Wellen · since 2018
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Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aarschot · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ASBL Ecole Libre St Lambert de Ligny · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Sombreffe · since 1987
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Londerzeel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ENTENTE LA LOUVE · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Entre les lignes · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Enrobés Liège Luxembourg · General construction of residential buildings · Amel · since 2007
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Other education · Aalst · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Immobilière des Ardennes · Real estate agency activities · Vielsalm · since 1989