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.
“Gallery Phase”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1988
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Other business support services · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of A B C UNICA - VERA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lier · since 1974
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Trade name of DE CLERCQ · Hairdressing and barber services · Putte · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Mechelen · since 1988
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1989
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Retail sale of antiques · Tielt · since 2018
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · Nieuwpoort · since 2011
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Productie van edelmetalen
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Deinze · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2009
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2024
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Zottegem · since 1989
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Pig breeding farms · Zonnebeke · since 1991
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2003
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Literary creation · Brugge · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kruisem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CHAGAL · Charleroi · since 2002