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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Slaan van munten · Brussel · since 2014
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of European Association of Silica Producers · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Warehousing and storage · Gent · since 1964
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRE DE LA SERICICULTURE · Brussel · since 1992
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Vormen en bewerken van vlakglas · Tubize · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
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Materials recovery from waste · Eupen · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1992
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Terville · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 2018
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Paris · since 2011
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FORUM · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MODELLING AND SIMULATION SOCIETY · Oostende · since 2005
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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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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Lithofin BeNeLux · Other building finishing work · Mortsel · since 1986
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zele · since 2020
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Paliseul · since 2009
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Rochefort · since 2006
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · La Ciotat · since 2018
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Abbreviation of europese personeelsvereniging van de instellingen voor sociale zekerheid-ivzw euros · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Servibox · Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Ternat · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SECURE INTELLIGENT LIVING VEROUGSTRAETE · General electrical installation work · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Brussel · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of SHEVCHENKO · Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2025
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Ronse · since 1978
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Aarschot · since 1989
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Schaarbeek · since 1999
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since 1994
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since 1990