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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Hoegaarden · since 2020
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since 1989
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Champs Sur Marne · since 2013
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Event catering · Hasselt · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Elsene · since 2023
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Computer programming · Geetbets · since 2012
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Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1996
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Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Brussel · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Héméra Fashion · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Chaudfontaine · since 2010
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General medical practice · Landen · since 2025
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Other legal services · Brussel · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1979
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tienen · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2016
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Zedelgem · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HERMERIK · Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1976