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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Oostende · since 2026
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Event catering · Boechout · since 2025
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Plastering work · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Support activities for animal production · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Valienciennes · since 1997
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Mechelen · since 2008
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Paris XIé · since 1961
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Damme · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brugge · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tremelo · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Fleurus · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Laarne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Restaurant Flamme · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SANDEK · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of LA BOUCHE · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017