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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1989
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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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since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of GALLÉA · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Lochristi · since 2012
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Retail sale of antiques · Schilde · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 1993
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2025
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Inland freight water transport · since 1987
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2001
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1995
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since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CHAGAL · Charleroi · since 2002