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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Site preparation · Brussel · since 1997
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2017
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Jurbise · since 2018
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Volendam · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Merchtem · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Kruibeke · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VIS · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2011
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Oostende · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of AZ GLOBAL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2004
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Schijndel · since 2003
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Peer · since 2022
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1990
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Other retail sale of food · since 1987
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2017
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Translation services · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1986
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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Production of cinema films · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1984