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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · Mortsel · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Other education · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2019
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since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Temse · since 2013
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1989
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Houthulst · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Lievegem · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Asse · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Aalter · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
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Oostende · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Landen · since 2001
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1990
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1999
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2021
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Site preparation · since 1983
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Aalst · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Analyticom · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Stekene · since 2019
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2025
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Aartselaar · since 2026
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2021
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Other membership organisations · Bierbeek · since 2023
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Development of non-residential building projects · Aalst · since 1995
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2024
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Dessel · since 1989