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.
“HORECO”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Travel agency activities · Elsene · since 1983
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2017
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ganshoren · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Oosterzele · since 2002
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Ittre · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Institut bruxellois francophone pour la Formation professionnelle (Franstalig Brussels Instituut voor Beroepsopleiding) · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Herbergiers, Hotel en Restauratiehouders van het Waasland · Sint-Niklaas · since 1941
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Aalst · since 1969
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of LIMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Pitta Marmaris · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2023
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Spiere-Helkijn · since 1991
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 2010
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Diksmuide · since 1987
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2013
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Wingene · since 2021
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Insulation installation · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1980
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1984
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1991
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Wholesale of machine tools · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Beroepsorganisatie Horeca Knokke-Heist · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2022
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Bocholt · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2006
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Brussel · since 2006
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Brussel · since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Onhaye · since 2002
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Sèvres · since 2013
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Other business support services · Zemst · since 2008
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oosterzele · since 2008
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Other business support services · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Quaregnon · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Froidchapelle · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Chièvres · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gesves · since 2021
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Joinery installation · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Deinze · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ciney · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · Philippeville · since 1986
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Insulation installation · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Liège · since 1997
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Overijse · since 1973