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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2011
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1986
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1995
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Fitness centres · Gavere · since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ADN ENTREPRISES · Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2020
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Computer programming · Temse · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 1988
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Activities of lawyers · Perwez · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Binche · since 2007
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Rödermark · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Westerlo · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Waterloo · since 2000
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Trade name of Lighting Controls Belgium · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Mouscron · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Support activities for animal production · since 2022
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since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beloeil · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of AK GROUP · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wavre · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 1995
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Turnhout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HEEL ERG LEUK LINC PARC · Lanaken · since 2004
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Gent · since 1969
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Gent · since 1949
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Site preparation · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Tielt · since 1986
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Elsene · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ukkel · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ANTHROPIE · General construction of residential buildings · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maasmechelen · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026