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.
“Handshake”
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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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Vorst · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2012
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New York · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mons · since 2001
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Abbreviation of HEYMANS AND VAN ENGELAND ASSOCIATES · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Have A Nice Day · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of SPIKE COMMUNICATIONS · Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Brakel · since 2018
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Mechelen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of EL-MAX · Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of PETRUS · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2010