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.
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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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Evere · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Evere · since 1968
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Verviers · since 1959
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Braine-le-Comte · since 1964
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Hasselt · since 1954
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1974
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Boussu · since 1976
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Liège · since 1987
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Boom · since 1991
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Eeklo · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants
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Torhout · since 1984
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Namur · since 2001
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Gent · since 1968
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Other tax advisory services · Overijse · since 2021
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Arlon · since 2000
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since 1988
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Braine-le-Comte · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of D. OLISLAGERS · Real estate agency activities · Nieuwpoort · since 1991
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Media representation · Beerse · since 2025
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Herk-de-Stad · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Arendonk · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1933
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 1954
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Other social work without accommodation · Evere · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Charleroi · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Charleroi · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ALESMAN · Cafés and bars · Braine-le-Comte · since 2017
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Schaarbeek · since 1999
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Comines-Warneton · since 1968
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Riemst · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Genk · since 2025
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Roma 00187 · since 2000
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 1980
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
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Trade name of ZONE DE POLICE : GERPINNES - HAM-SUR-HEURE-NALINNES - MONTIGNY-LE-TILLEUL - THUIN · Lokale Politie · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2001