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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Diest · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of SARIBASAK · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Aalst · since 2021
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Site preparation · Charleroi · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2015
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Oreye · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2014
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Seneffe · since 1980
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Literary creation · Elsene · since 1995
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Oosterzele · since 1995
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 2000
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2024
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · WORMERLAND · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Ingenieursbureau Dhondt en Vanoirbeek · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Tournai · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2023
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Anderlecht · since 2024
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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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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Mouscron · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of JODI-MG · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2009