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.
“FACITE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ieper · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Liège · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2006
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1926
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Essen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Auteur∙ices Compositeur∙ices Interprètes Réuni∙es · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Zwalm · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Heuvelland · since 1992
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Charleroi · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Combined facilities support activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION INTERDISCIPLINAIRE DE TECHNICIENS ET EXPERTS POUR UN DEVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN DE LA GESTION URBAINE ET DE L'AMELIORATION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maasmechelen · since 2018
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Liège · since 1987
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since 2000
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Removal services · since 2022