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.
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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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Cafés and bars · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ERLIN · Joinery installation · Genk · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Exploitatiemaatschappij MHSL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BLACK PEARL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mons · since 2007
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1987
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Name of an establishment · Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Sèvres · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Liège · since 2017
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ronse · since 2008
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Rixensart · since 1989
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Turnhout · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Denderleeuw · since 1974
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of WESTHOEK HOTELS - YPRES LODGES · Hotels and similar accommodation · Ieper · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of DR · Hotels and similar accommodation · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Bewerken van diamant · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Mechelen · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Diksmuide · since 2006
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Oudergem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Horeca Ondernemers Turnhout · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Turnhout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of House of Talent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Hak Op De Tak · Landscape service activities · Lier · since 2026
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Boechout · since 2002
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Apeldoorn · since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Mechelen · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Colfontaine · since 2024
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Weven van textiel · Anzegem · since 1950
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1997
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Wavre · since 1996