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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2016
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Nivelles · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Enola et ses amis, un combat pour la vie · Mons · since 2016
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Abbreviation of European Network of Living Labs · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Dental practice · Neufchâteau · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sankt Vith · since 1997
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Wiltz 9544 · since 2002
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1990
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Other education · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lasne · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Sportico28 · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2009
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Other legal services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Etalle · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Abbreviation of EXPERTISE NETWERK ONDERWIJS · Kortenaken · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Leuven · since 2010
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Rixensart · since 2008
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Computer programming · Lievegem · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bouillon · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Eghezée · since 2019
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · Liège · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2023