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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Gent · since 2025
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Petit Rederching · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 1995
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Alfabetiseringsprogramma's ten behoeve van volwassenen · Brussel · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Other personal services · Oudsbergen · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1983
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Lievegem · since 2012
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kuurne · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Moorslede · since 2024
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Leuven · since 1972
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MOOSE CLOTHING · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oostende · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Brugge · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2021
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1973
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Abbreviation of FERM-IMMO · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ternat · since 2006
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DE RISK MANAGEMENT - FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1974
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2014
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1975
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2000
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Mixed farming · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Windhof · since 2020
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Hove · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of NOISET ERIC & NOISET PATRICK · Mixed farming · Fauvillers · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Brussel · since 1988