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.
“Helena”
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
40 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of E²T · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Haacht · since 1995
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Activities of head offices · Diest · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Zandhoven · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2011
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Knokke-Heist · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Buggenhout · since 1992
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Luxembourg · since 2014
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LUXEMBURG · since 2005
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LUXEMBURG · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of de communicatiestudio · Pre-press and pre-media services · Schoten · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2012
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Hastière · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2021
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since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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since 2007
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Other sports activities · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1966
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herstal · since 2015
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Brecht · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · Mechelen · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1994
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Keerbergen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CHAUSSURES HENRIJEAN · Retail sale of footwear · Spa · since 1998
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Elsene · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012
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NHeemstede · since 1989
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Land surveying · Schilde · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Laakdal · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CLUB HELES · Herentals · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2022