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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 2018
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Abbreviation of European Association of Silica Producers · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Terville · since 1999
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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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Brussel · since 1980
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Hasselt · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2005
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Luxembourg · since 2006
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Kortrijk · since 1989
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Paliseul · since 2009
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Rochefort · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Europe - Afrique australe · Etterbeek · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of Servibox · Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Ternat · since 1989
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Slaan van munten · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of EUROSUN KEUKENS · Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1978
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Walcourt · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Zedelgem · since 1991
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Waterloo · since 1997
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Other construction installation · Maaseik · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2004
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Abbreviation of European Chapter of the Special Interest Group on Operating Systems of the Association for Computing Machinery · Vorst · since 2005
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Brugge · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · Herstal · since 2026
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Ronse · since 1978
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Aarschot · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EURO PLUS BELGIUM · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Colfontaine · since 1995
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Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wuustwezel · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Lithofin BeNeLux · Other building finishing work · Mortsel · since 1986
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Roeselare · since 1958
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Name of an establishment of Troonen-David · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Linter · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of Supercaddy · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hastière · since 1988
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 1988
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Support activities for crop production · Brussel · since 2005
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since 1990