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.
“EMERALD”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1995
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since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Gent · since 2007
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Brecht · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · SAINT JEAN DE LUZ · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kortenberg · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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Luxembourg · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Waterloo · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2020
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since 2020
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Grasse · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of EMERA PA · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Beersel · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Nivelles · since 1979
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Vorst · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Elsene · since 1996
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Destelbergen · since 2002
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Other printing · Ukkel · since 2013
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oupeye · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PIERRE PRECIEUSE · Andere instellingen met huisvesting voor personen met een mentale handicap of psychiatrische problemen en voor drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Péruwelz · since 2010
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ukkel · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Kluisbergen · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2019
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Stockholm · since 2007