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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · La Louvière · since 1926
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ans · since 1988
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Frameries · since 1987
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Ukkel · since 2026
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1985
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2009
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Oostende · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of PRO'ART DIFFUSION · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brussel · since 1985
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other membership organisations · Turnhout · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Lier · since 2005
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Market research and public opinion polling · Waterloo · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ronse · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Dalhem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of GROUPE DE RECHERCHES ET D'INVESTIGATIONS · News agency activities · Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Groupe des Régulateurs Indépendants · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2008
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2001
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Wevelgem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Lievegem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of IMPICABLE AGENCY · Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Grossistes Réunis Importations Fromages · Kraainem · since 1947
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Development of residential building projects · Erpe-Mere · since 2017
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GRIFONS II · Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2025