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.
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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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · Brussel · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Chris en Loren · Full-service restaurants · Tervuren · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of PAVE · Cafés and bars · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Bocholt · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oud-Heverlee · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Westerlo · since 1968
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Other construction installation · Brugge · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Beringen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY CARE ASSOCIATION · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2013
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Site preparation · Blankenberge · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beloeil · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 1994
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Activities of other sports clubs · Oudsbergen · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ITALY FRESH FOOD · Other retail sale of food · Ukkel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of RINA B&S · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Cardio-Tonica, vriendenkring hart- en vaatpatiënten, regio Dender, Schelde, Durme · Dendermonde · since 1981
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Leuven · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CampusToneel Leuven · Leuven · since 1989
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Logging · Büllingen · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Colfontaine · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cercle Académique et Technologique d'Oenologie · Other education · Wavre · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Eiercoöperatie · Geel · since 1965