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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oostende · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Landen · since 2001
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1990
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1999
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2021
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Site preparation · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Helan Onthaalouders · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 1993
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1992
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Retail sale of other household articles
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Other education · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Putte · since 2003
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1996
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1974
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · Mortsel · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Machining of metals · Aalter · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FANT-COMPTABILITE-FISCALITE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019