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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Elsene · since 1991
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1992
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Liège · since 1984
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Grez-Doiceau · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Comblain-au-Pont · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Cultural education · Ecaussinnes · since 2001
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2006
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Cultural education · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Retail sale of antiques · Gent · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1983
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Vocational training · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of GROSFRUIT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of COPACABANA · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of VANDEN MEERSSCHE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1993
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of SANYA EXPRESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HALLE RETAIL ASSOCIATE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HEPPEN RETAIL ASSOCIATE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Interior design · since 2024
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Soignies · since 1993
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2022
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Manufacture of outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Other education · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Tielt · since 1968
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Event catering · Wavre · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Expansion Partners · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 1999
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Raising of horses and other equines · Roosdaal · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Wemmel · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Rebecq · since 2011
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Other photographic activities · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Quinoocars · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015