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.
“GALLERY”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1988
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of A B C UNICA - VERA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lier · since 1974
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Trade name of DE CLERCQ · Hairdressing and barber services · Putte · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Retail sale of antiques · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Mechelen · since 1988
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1989
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Retail sale of antiques · Tielt · since 2018
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · Nieuwpoort · since 2011
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2025
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Productie van edelmetalen
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brussel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brussel · since 1921
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Retail sale of antiques · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Gent · since 1991
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Bakkerij Oosthoek · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Maldegem · since 2020
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Geel · since 2020
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2022
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1975
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Trade name of Carine Campo · Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Oudenburg · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of ANDRA · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of NIQUI CONSULTANCY · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Kapellen · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · Wemmel · since 2021
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Braine-le-Comte · since 2010
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Productie van edelmetalen · Brugge · since 2024
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Retail sale of antiques · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CHAGAL · Charleroi · since 2002
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Deinze · since 2018
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Zottegem · since 1989
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Pig breeding farms · Zonnebeke · since 1991
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2003
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Literary creation · Brugge · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kruisem · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · since 1996
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Wellin · since 2002
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 2015
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Retail sale of antiques · Faimes · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GALLÉA · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1997
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Painting of buildings · Lochristi · since 2012
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Retail sale of antiques · Schilde · since 2006