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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1961
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2014
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1984
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Mol · since 1978
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Other business support services · Waasmunster · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Genk · since 1978
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Activities of lawyers · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Elsene · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Communauté d’énergie citoyenne ELYSEE · Handel in elektriciteit · Elsene · since 2025
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Trade name of JOYCE INVEST · Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1986
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Elsene · since 2020
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Trade name of Alysee Projectontwikkeling · Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1995
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Brussel · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Liège · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Etalle · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liedekerke · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MAXAV · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Seraing · since 2014
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Insulation installation · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of SEMEM ART & DESIGN · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Andenne · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Etalle · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Etalle · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2025
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Kraainem · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Merchtem · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2026