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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Rumst · since 2012
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1977
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of La Chaumière · Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 1968
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Dilbeek · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oud-Turnhout · since 1990
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Mol · since 1991
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Mol · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Opwijk · since 2001
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Production of cinema films · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Eupen · since 2011
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 1979
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2016
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Abbreviation of European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents · Research and development on biotechnology · Elsene · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Enfants de la Rue International · Oudergem · since 1996
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Other building finishing work · Herenthout · since 2007
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Handel in elektriciteit · Brussel · since 2025
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Event catering · Arendonk · since 2010
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 1993
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoutleeuw · since 2020
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Computer programming · Waasmunster · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of EL A · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Temse · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of NEW LA PAIX · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Evere · since 2011