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.
“El Fish”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2014
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aalst · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Bornem · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Malle · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ELFIN DENTAL · Dental practice · Kontich · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2007
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2008
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Vorst · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of C&M.G · Tourist information services · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Other business support services · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Liège · since 2016