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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2003
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Wijnegem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Gent · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of STORM OOSTENDE · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of McQueen · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Vuylsteke · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jabbeke · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DIRK VAN DEN BOSSCHE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1988
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 1977
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1977
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of FINA 2025 · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018