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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Denderleeuw · since 2023
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hannut · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Pajottegem · since 2022
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Antoing · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Union professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel électrotechnique · Vorst · since 1938
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Abbreviation of Union Professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel Electronique · Brussel · since 1938
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Firma van Architecten en Ingenieurs in Roeselare · Activities of building architects · Roeselare · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Ans · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Westerlo · since 1992
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1964
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since 1997
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ALYASSAMIN · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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since 1985
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2012
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Ath · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025