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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of PJ Brands · Site preparation · Deerlijk · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DS COM · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vilvoorde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Saadri · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Pajottegem · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2023
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Brussel · since 2020
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Event catering · Schoten · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
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Event catering · since 2024
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Leuven · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · Lint · since 1995
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE FLORY TE TONGEREN, Henisstraat 8 · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Aalter · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Genk · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of E M D Services · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Maldegem · since 2013