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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Meise · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 1987
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Turnhout · since 1991
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDE ET DE PREVENTION -ACARIENS · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Flanders Rugby Academy · Gent · since 2017
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fanfare Royale d'Acoz · Gerpinnes · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Zele · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oudergem · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Le Blé en Herbe · Other education · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Izegem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of FORUM DE REFLEXION POUR L'AVENIR DU CONGO · Huy · since 2001
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Seneffe · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · Seneffe · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Roeselare · since 2018
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TOULOUSE · since 2020
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Abbreviation of fram.energy · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FRAM INVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Sarah Gosse · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lochristi · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of FRAP BVBA · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Nivelles · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Kontich · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Binche · since 2026
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Destelbergen · since 1992
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Site preparation · since 2015