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.
“HORECRAFT”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Etterbeek · since 2008
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ALBLASSERDAM · since 1996
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Office administrative and support services · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2025
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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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Travel agency activities · Elsene · since 1983
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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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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2017
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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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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of CRAFT - UNIQUE CRAFTING SOLUTIONS · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Roeselare · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of AIRPORT GARDEN HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 2001
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Trade name · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Craft Communications · Public relations and communication consultancy · Edegem · since 2012
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 1996