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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of HILAL HORECA GROOTHANDEL · Wholesale of other food products · Mol · since 2001
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1993
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of HILAL KA · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Removal services · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of AMAR · Hairdressing and barber services · Waregem · since 2012
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Veterinary services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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since 1988
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Trade name of Tulp Restaurant · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1988
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2025
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since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Other photographic activities · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Leuven · since 1982
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Other personal services · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2022