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.
“Forever Changes”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Arendonk · since 2019
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Oud-Heverlee · since 1989
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2002
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2016
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VILLEFONTAINE · since 2002
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 1998
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Diest · since 2023
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Other education · Fleurus · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Manufacture For Ever · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1943
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Nazareth · since 1997
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1984
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since 2018
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General medical practice · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Wavre · since 2014
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Brussel · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Other cleaning activities · Antwerpen · since 2022