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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Brussel · since 1999
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Maldegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Seneffe · since 1980
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Oosterzele · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Diest · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2017
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Grimbergen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Malmedy · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Incourt · since 2023
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Leuven · since 2019
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Haarlems Allergenen Laboratorium · Haarlem · since 1976
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Activities of bailiffs · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2018
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Paris · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2020
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2026