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.
“Horas”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Elsene · since 1964
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Joinery installation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Zemst · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Studie en Ontwerpburo voor Reserveringen en Administratieve Systemen · Office administrative and support services · Mechelen · since 1991
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Bernissart · since 1998
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Trade name of METASCREEN · Advertising agencies · Nivelles · since 2000
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Wholesale of machine tools · De Haan · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2025
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Edegem · since 1983
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Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1987
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · Charleroi · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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KORYDALLOS · since 1997
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Activities of interior architects · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Hulshout offroad racing · Other amusement and recreation activities · Hulshout · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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since 2017
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Abbreviation of CO-MANA · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1997
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Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Brussel · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2021
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Beernem · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2012
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Kuurne · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Operating Room Assistance Support · Namur · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2006