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.
“FVR Prevention”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Joost-ten-Node · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Jette · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Jette · since 1941
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2023
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gembloux · since 2024
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Liège · since 2017
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ternat · since 2020
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Vocational training · since 2025
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2004
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Ittre · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2003
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Investigation and private security services · Kasterlee · since 2006
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Activiteiten op het gebied van mondzorg, muv activiteiten van tandartspraktijken · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 2010