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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Kraainem · since 2007
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Seraing · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Merchtem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 1987
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Activities of head offices · Maldegem · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Arlon · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Etalle · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ELYSIUM TDK · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Aalter · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2012
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Inland freight water transport · since 2012
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Landen · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zandhoven · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Etalle · since 2012
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2010
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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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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1961
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Insulation installation · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · 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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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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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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General electrical installation work · Etalle · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1984
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Visual arts creation · Herent · since 2011
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Raising of horses and other equines · Zedelgem · since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2025
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Mol · since 1978