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.
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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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Groupement des Fabricants et Représantants des Adjuvants en Nutrition Animale · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1990
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Gent · since 2000
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Lobbes · since 2018
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Wevelgem · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Schoten · since 1984
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Blégny · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Eupen · since 1987
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oudenburg · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of HEIRBAUT-VAN DYCK · Retail sale of bicycles · Dendermonde · since 1997
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gistel · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2012
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BORN2BE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 1994
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Ingelmunster · since 1998
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Insulation installation · Hove · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of FrankQ · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Ieper · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Bouillon · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2012
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zele · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1993
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Izegem · since 1999
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 2019
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Dendermonde · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Schilde · since 1965
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Namur · since 1984
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kampenhout · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 1995
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Alken · since 1997
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Support activities for crop production · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1999
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Anhée · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Brecht · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 2007