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.
“Express Garage”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 2026
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Rotselaar · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of GROSFRUIT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of COPACABANA · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of VANDEN MEERSSCHE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1993
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of SANYA EXPRESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HALLE RETAIL ASSOCIATE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of HEPPEN RETAIL ASSOCIATE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ukkel · since 2011
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Circle K Belgium · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Oudergem · since 2023
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Manufacture of outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1999
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Event catering · Wavre · since 1997
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Vocational training · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Wemmel · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2021
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of XL SERVICESTATIONS · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Waregem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Quinoocars · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015