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.
“EXCEPTION - EXCEPTION”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Etterbeek · since 1984
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Thuin · since 2011
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Abbreviation of L'Exception, centre de formation, d'Information, d'accompagnement et d'actions sociales des personnes handicapées · Other social work without accommodation · Nivelles · since 1996
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Thimister-Clermont · since 2026
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 2009
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ukkel · since 1989
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Activities of other sports clubs · Brugge · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Roofing work · Hélécine · since 2022
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brussel · since 1999
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2007
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wevelgem · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Eeklo · since 2018