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.
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 1988
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Awans · since 2023
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Zwevegem · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FALAH · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Tienen · since 1990
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 2016
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2018
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Mechelen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Hasselt · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of YOBI · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumst · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Keerbergen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Saint-Nicolas · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Juprelle · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of FAN-LEBLEU · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DEBOUCQ et TOONS · Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Chastre · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Football Acadamy Noah · Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of for animals · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Lanaken · since 2005
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2005
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Antwerpen · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Sambreville · since 2019
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2010
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Abbreviation of FIETSEN ADRIAENSENS · Retail sale of bicycles · Buggenhout · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Dienstbeton aan ambachten en Neringen (Sociaal en Fiscaal Dienst-Beton) · Mechelen · since 1945
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Abbreviation of Association des Amis du Niger · Liège · since 1971
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 2012
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rixensart · since 2011