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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2012
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Computer programming · Temse · since 2025
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Viferma · Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Etterbeek · since 1972
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1975
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Huldenberg · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of NIEN · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aalst · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Gistel · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PASSERELLES Nord-Sud · Brussel · since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Deinze · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van lampen · Evergem · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wingene · since 2018
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Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wommelgem · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Gistel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · Jette · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2014
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of FANALEX · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2025