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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genappe · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wavre · since 2000
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since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2022
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Vocational training · since 2015
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since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2000
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since 1977
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since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Book publishing · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Tournai · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1997
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2016
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since 1997
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 1987
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2024
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Perwez · since 1992
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Nivelles · since 1968
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Gembloux · since 1998
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2019
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since 1974
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of BRUNCH · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988