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.
“FIVE P”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2016
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Oostkamp · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1983
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brussel · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Geraardsbergen · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 1999
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Evergem · since 2024
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Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ALSO BELGIUM · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Mechelen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of LAETITIA VAN HOVE · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2017
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General cleaning of buildings · Zaventem · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ravels · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hemiksem · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Five Boxing Wizards · Graphic design and visual communication · Geetbets · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Federaal Imkersverbond · Lanaken · since 1997
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Abbreviation of FLEMISH INVESTMENT VEHICLE · Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2011
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dentergem · since 2023
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Waterloo · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Estaimpuis · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of PAWHER GROUP · Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Federatie van Instellingen voor Volksontwikkelingswerk · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024