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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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Elsene · since 1964
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Turnhout · since 2013
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Trade name of KLAVEX · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1980
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Plombières · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Lasne · since 1985
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Rixensart · since 1986
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Wilmington - Delaware 19810 · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of FRESH FROZEN FOOD · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN HALAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION · Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 2016
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Natural Building Solutions Distribution · Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Nivelles · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beyne-Heusay · since 2006
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Abbreviation of IMPORTATION GENERAL SERVICES DISTRIBUTION · Joinery installation · Wavre · since 2008
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Courcelles · since 1990
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bertrix · since 1985
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Office administrative and support services · Charleroi · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2001
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Mouscron · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1995
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Jette · since 2024
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Jette · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Wholesale of other household goods · Hoogstraten · since 1981
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Wholesale of other food products · Beringen · since 1986
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Profondeville · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of E-ITEM TRADE · Wholesale of other food products · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gembloux · since 2019
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Lennik · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · Bouillon · since 2025
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Mechelen · since 1996
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brussel · since 2020
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Elsene · since 1969
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Other information technology and computer services · Enghien · since 2000
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Heers · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Herstal · since 2021