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.
“HALLYU”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2024
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of PARTENA - GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES - PARTENA - ONDERNEMINGSLOKET · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1966
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Name of an establishment of Partena — Sociale Verzekeringen voor Zelfstandigen · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Brussel · since 1967
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Name of an establishment of PARTENA - SECRETARIAT SOCIAL D'EMPLOYEURS - PARTENA - SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR werkgevers · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1947
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of PARTENA - COMMUNAUTE PERMANENTE D'INTERETS · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Operation of sports facilities · Zaventem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALGEMENE CENTRALE BRUSSEL-VLAAMS BRABANT · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Brussel · since 1945
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of desmanet jardins · Landscape service activities · Doische · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Sombreffe · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 1968
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Vorst · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Beauraing · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Trade name of JOTAV · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2003
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2003
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Mons · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Dendermonde · since 2026