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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · PARIS · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · Turnhout · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van holglas · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · since 1985
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General cleaning of buildings · Zaventem · since 2022
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2022
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2014
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Elsene · since 1984
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Abbreviation of GLORIA CONSTRUCT · Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of HALF VIER · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Hotton · since 2026
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Menen · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 1998
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Gent · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zandhoven · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beersel · since 2018
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Pig breeding farms · Houthulst · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Lokeren · since 2009
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Combined facilities support activities · Kasterlee · since 2003
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Other business support services · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017