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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Le Lys d'Or · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
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Liège · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of European Association for Signal Processing · Nijlen · since 2006
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1995
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since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1997
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LONDON · since 2004
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Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2026
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Eurasia Competitiveness Institute · Business and other management consultancy · Lille · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tienen · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2009
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Destelbergen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2016
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Abbreviation of European Association for the Applied Sciences in Higher Education AISBL · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of L’ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE DES ORGANISATEURS DE SALONS D’AGRICULTURE · Activities of professional membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1975
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Asten · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Ellwangen (Jagst) · since 2019
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Computer programming · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 1965
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · Gent · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Société de Récupération de créance, de courtage en assurance, financement, immobilière et factoring · Saint-Hubert · since 1989
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De Panne · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Borgloon · since 1998
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altea · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EURAD - EURope for Action on Drugs · Brussel · since 2019
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 2001
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Groothandel in schoeisel · since 1981
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2003
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Boom · since 2025
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Other personal services · Mouscron · since 2008
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978