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.
“Folio”
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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Other personal services · Gent · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Estaimpuis · since 2004
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Leuven · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Foliá Consult · Activities of head offices · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Other information service activities · Arendonk · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2025
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Book publishing · since 2016
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Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Wijnegem · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Edegem · since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2003
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Balen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of FINANCEMENT ET ORGANISATION DE LOCAUX ET D'INFRASTRUCTURES POUR L'ESSOR SOCIAL · Vorst · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of DTT INVEST · Full-service restaurants · toulouse · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Buvo · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2009
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Visual arts creation · Brussel · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · Genappe · since 1997
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Perwez · since 2014
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since 1989
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 1970
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Keerbergen · since 1995
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Aalst · since 2005
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of NEW LINE · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Blankenberge · since 1986