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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2020
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Esneux · since 2022
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Kring van de Ex-Tra's vzw · Brussel · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Péruwelz · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SAROMIN · Contract catering and other food service activities · Brugge · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of IBERIS · Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of TOITURES JACQUES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Translation services · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2026
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Roofing work · Kraainem · since 2026
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Edegem · since 2011
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DAHL · since 2012
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Wijchen · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leuven · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION · Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of TOP TRADING · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Zwevegem · since 2000