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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Other tax advisory services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mol · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Willebroek · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fleet & Mobility Excellence · Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Lier · since 2020
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lille · since 2002
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LUXEMBOURG · since 1992
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Abbreviation of FABRICATIONS METALLIQUES DU CONDROZ · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ouffet · since 1973
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Kontich · since 1997
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Wuustwezel · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Kontich · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1985
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Abbreviation of FAM & EVENTS asbl · Brussel · since 2017
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Other sports activities · since 2018
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Other software publishing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arendonk · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ALPHA MUSAO · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Associations Malonnoises · Namur · since 2004
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Other retail sale of new goods · Roeselare · since 2004
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Büllingen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2006
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Evergem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Chimay · since 2024
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Visé · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Lille · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of FAGREMA · Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 1977
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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Activities of head offices · Mechelen · since 1997
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Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2000
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Laureins · since 2021
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General medical practice · Stekene · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of FAFA · Retail sale of footwear · Gavere · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Other retail sale of new goods · Gistel · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Burgerlijke Maatschap FaMi · Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Hove · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Liège · since 1974
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Herenthout · since 1980
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Leuven · since 2018