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.
“GLOE”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2007
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2013
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Mortsel · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Gullegemse Lokale Omroep · Wevelgem · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Cabinet Docteur Gwen LEPIECE - Ophtalmologie · Specialist medical practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · Manage · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zoersel · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Geel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MESCLADIS · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Berlaar · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Other software publishing · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Gent · since 2006
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Day nurseries and crèches · Brugge · since 2024