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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Mixed farming · Profondeville · since 1991
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 2013
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1982
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1978
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2009
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2006
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Leuven · since 1994
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Activities of interior architects · since 2003
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017