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.
“En Face”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of TIMUR · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Dental practice · Mortsel · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of CAVE SAINT JACQUES · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Tournai · since 2006
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Liège · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of MULTIRANT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2018
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Other business support services · Oosterzele · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of HERZO · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION DES ASSOCIATIONS DE CHASSE ET CONSERVATION DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Brussel · since 1978
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Boom · since 1992
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION OF ALUMINIUM CONSUMERS IN EUROPE · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of SOVIET BLOEM · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Fleurus · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ALTEREZ-VOUS · Cafés and bars · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of CMGB · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NEXT DOOR'S · Full-service restaurants · Wavre · since 1999
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations · Wavre · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Service de Remplacement agricole (Entraide famennoise Rochefort) · Support activities for crop production · Rochefort · since 1979
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Advertising agencies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Liège · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · since 2023