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.
“Flynn”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Turnhout · since 2026
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Other human health activities · Ninove · since 2026
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since 2013
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since 1984
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of TEK INN · Hotels and similar accommodation · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Leuven · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FLY ON DOG TRAINING · Pet training · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Work On · Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Essen · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vorst · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Foreign Languages for the Youth · Elsene · since 2013
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2013
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Other business support services · since 2014
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Pecq · since 2013
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Abbreviation of (first love yourself) · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2023
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Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Insulation installation · Zonnebeke · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018